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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. The Parties, they that have done evil: who, not only open sinners, but all that commit an anomie, or transgression against the Law; for then there is evil.
1. The Parties, they that haue done euill: who, not onely open sinners, but all that commit an anomie, or transgression against the Law; for then there is euill.
All that are not accepted of God in Christ, whether Pagans and Infidels, or unregenerate Christians, all ignorant persons, that know not the will of God. For if we draw a line without a rule, we through the perverseness of our nature, shall draw it awry. All superstitious persons that take their own conceits, and mens traditions for a rule; or such as do good things for by-respects, all proud conceited justiciaries that do trust to their own perfection, all hypocrites and dissemblers, all busy-bodies that do those things which belong not to them, all vain-glorious persons, and haters of their brethren.
All that are not accepted of God in Christ, whether Pagans and Infidels, or vnregenerate Christians, all ignorant persons, that know not the will of God. For if we draw a line without a rule, we through the peruersenesse of our nature, shall draw it awry. All superstitious persons that take their owne conceits, and mens traditions for a rule; or such as doe good things for by-respects, all proud conceited iusticiaries that doe trust to their owne perfection, all hypocrites and dissemblers, all busie-bodies that doe those things which belong not to them, all vaine-glorious persons, and haters of their brethren.
For to make use of this, consider the second point, the issue of these men in their punishment, which consisteth, first, in the pronouncing of that fearful sentence, Go ye, &c. Secondly, in the execution of it, the horror of which is unconceivable and unutterable; for besides the privation of happiness, there is a fellowship with the Devil and the damned, all horror and ugliness, nothing good in soul or in body, no comfort, and which aggravates the terror of all, eternal continuance of this woe.