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The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19.…The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19.…
The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19. verse to the end of the said chapter. By William Perkins.The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19. verse to the ende of the said chapter. By William Perkins.
London: printed by T. Creede for Nicholas Ling, 1603
THE REFORmation of Covetousness.THE REFORmation of Couetousnesse.
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.
Atheism is a common sin of our time. The world is loved: Mammon embraced, God hated, and the Lord despised. I know that men will abhor this to be challenged for Atheists. But Christ hath given the sentence, that whosoever he be that doth not cleave unto him in obedience, doth despise and hate God, and what is that but Atheism? This is a mother sin, & the cause of many more.
Atheisme is a common sin of our time. The world is loued: Mammon embraced, God hated, and the Lord despised. I know that men will abhorre this to bee challenged for Atheists. But Christ hath giuen the sentence, that whosoeuer he bee that doth not cleaue vnto him in obedience, doth despise and hate God, and what is that but Atheisme? This is a mother sin, & the cause of many more.
So much of the first point of the service of God.
So much of the first poynt of the seruice of God.
Secondly, Christ takes it for granted, that Mammon is a Lord: That riches is a God,⟨p. 113⟩ and that men serve and obey him, As there is a true God and Master, by right of creation: so there is an other by reason of corruption: and that is riches, treasure, profit and gain. Of this he forewarns his disciples, because the danger is great.
Secondly, Christ takes it for graunted, that Mammon is a Lord: That riches is a God,⟨p. 113⟩