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Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit
Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King James into blessedness. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the triennial visitation of the right reverend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chapel by Guildhall, at the solemn election of the right honourable the lord major of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Cross, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Cross. August 5. By Tho: Adams.Fiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right reuerend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the right honorable the lord maior of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Crosse, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Crosse. August 5. By Tho: Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for John Grismand, 1626London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for Iohn Grismand, 1626
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Here then we have three remarkable observations, 1. What kind of Hearts God will not choose, and we may guess at them. 2. What Hearts he will choose, and himself describes them. 3. Why he will choose men especially by the Heart.
Heere then wee haue three remarkeable obseruations, 1. What kind of Hearts God will not chuse, and we may guesse at them. 2. What Hearts hee will chuse, and himselfe describes them. 3. Why hee will chuse men especially by the Heart.
First what kind of Hearts he will not choose; and of these (among many) I will mention but three.
First what kind of Hearts hee will not chuse; and of these (among many) I will mention but three.
1. C•r di•isum, a distracted Heart; part whereof ⟨p. 65⟩is dedicated to the Lord, and part to the world. But he that made all, will not be contented with a piece. Aut Caesar, aut nihil. The seruice of two Masters, in the obedience of their contrary, commands, is incompatible, sensu composito. Indeed Zacheus did first serve the world, and not Christ; afterward Christ, and not the world; but never the world and Christ together. Many divisions followed sin. 1. It divided the heart from God;1 Your sins have separated between you and your God. 2. It divided heart from heart. God by Marriage made one of two, sin doth often by prevarication make two of one. It divided the tongue from the heart. So Cain answered God, when he questioned him about Abel, Am I my Brothers keeper? As if he would say, Go look. 4. It divided tongue from tongue, at the building of Babel; that when one called for Brick, his fellow brings him mortar: and when he spake of coming down, the other falls a removing the ladder. 5. It divided the heart from it self; They spake with a double heart.