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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
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Secondly, the consideration hereof should make us wise to prevent those cares which the Creatures are so apt to beget in the heart: those I mean which are branches of the Vexation of the Creature. There is a two fold Care, Regular and Irregular. Care is then Regular, First, when it hath a Right end, such as is both suitable with and subordinate to our main end, the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness. Secondly, when the means of procuring that end are right; for we may not do evil to effect Good. Recovery was a lawful end which Ahaziah did propose, but to enquire of Beelzebub was a means which did poison the whole business: nay Saint Austin is resolute, that if it were possible by an officious1 lie to compass the redemption of the whole world, yet so weighty and universal a good must rather ⟨p. 90⟩be let fall, then brought about by the smallest evil. Thirdly, when the manner of it is good, and that is, first, when the Care is moderate, Phil. 4. 5, 6. Secondly, when it is with submission to the will and wisdom of God, when we can with comfort of heart, and with much confidence of a happy issue recommend every thing that concerns us to his providence and disposal, can be content to have our humours mastered, and conceits captivated to his obedience, when we can with David resolve not to torment our hearts with needless & endless projects, but to roll our selves upon Gods protection. If I shall find favour in his eyes, he will bring me again, 2and me show both the Ark and his habitation; But if he say thus unto me, I have no delight in thee, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. Such was the resolution of Eli, It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. Such3 the submission of the disciples of Caesarea, when they could not persuade Paul to stay from Jerusalem, The 4will of the Lord be do•e. Clean contrary to that wicked resolution of the King of Israel in the famine, This evil is