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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
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Use. To take to our hearts in giving of honour to other, it is not a thing unlawful, 1. Pet. 2.17. Rom. 12.10. so it be not done for undue and unjust respects, Job 31. last verse.
Vse. To take to our hearts in giuing of honour to other, it is not a thing vnlawfull, 1. Pet. 2.17. Rom. 12.10. so it bee not done for vndue and vniust respects, Iob 31. last verse.
How inconvenient this ambition is, appears by the consequent [And seek not the honour, &c.] Whence observe, first, from the inference:
How inconuenient this ambition is, appeares by the consequent [And seeke not the honour, &c.] Whence obserue, first, from the inference:
Doct. They which seek for popular applause and praise of men, are careless in seeking for the praise of God, as did the Pharisees, whose whole practise was to be seen of men, not to approve themselves to God: and so Christ compares them to whited tombs.
Doct. They which seeke for popular applause and praise of men, are carelesse in seeking for the praise of God, as did the Pharises, whose whole practise was to bee seene of men, not to approue themselues to God: and so Christ compares them to whited tombes.