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Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…
Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life of Christ. Being the substance of several sermons preached at Lincolns Inn: by Edward Reynolds, preacher to that honourable society, and late fellow of Merton College in Oxford.Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life of Christ. Being the substance of severall sermons preached at Lincolns Inne: by Edward Reynoldes, preacher to that honourable society, and late fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostocke, 1631
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.
A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS.
The first Treatise. The Vanity of the Creature. ECCLES. 1. 14. Proportion and Propriety the grounds of satisfaction to the soul. Pag. 3 The Creature insufficient to satisfy the Desires of the soul. 4 The Ground hereof▪ The vast disproportion between the soul and the Creature. 7 The Creature vain, 1. in its nature and worth. 9 Therefore we should not trust in it, nor swell with it. 11 The Creature vain, 2. in its deadness and inefficacy. 15 Therefore we should not rely on it, nor attribute sufficiency to it. 19 How to use the Creature as a dead Creature: 1. Consider its dependence and subordination to Gods power. 22 2. Sanctify and reduce it to its primitive goodness. 24 How the Creature is sanctified by the word and prayer. 26 3. Love it in its own order. 34 The Creature vain, 3 in its duration. 36 The Roots of Corruption in the Creature. 38 Corrupt minds are apt to conceive an immortality in ⟨image 4⟩earthly things. 46 The proceedings of Gods providence in the dispensation of earthly things wise and just. 48 Correctives to be observed in the use of the Creature. 1. Keep the intellectuals sound and untainted. 52 2. By faith look through and above them. 55 3. Convert them to holy uses. 58 Great disproportion between the soul and the Creature. It is vexation of spirit. 59 Cares are Thorns, because, first, they wound the spirit, secondly, they choke and overgrow the heart, thirdly, they deceive, fourthly, they vanish. 59 Degrees of this vexation: 1. In the procuring of them. 62 2. In the multiplying of them, 64 3. In the use of them. Discovered, 67 1. In knowledge, natural and civill. 68 2. In Pleasures. 70 3. In Riches. 72 4. In the Review of them. 74 5. In the disposing of them. 75 The Grounds of this vexation: 1. Gods Curse. 76 2. The Corruption of nature. 78 3. The deceitfulness of the Creature. 80 It is lawful to labour and pray for the Creature, though it vex the spirit. 84 We should be humbled in the sight of sin which hath defaced the Creation. 86 We should be wise to prevent those cares which the Creatures are apt to breed. 89 Irregular cares are both superfluous, and sinful. 90 How to take away or prevent Vexation: 1. Pray for that which is convenient to thy abilities and occasions. 94 2. Take nothing without Christ. 95