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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.
If thou hadst a whole wardrobe of cast apparel, Christ hath more nakedness then all that can cover; if whole barns full of corn, and cellars of wine, Christ hath more empty bowels then all that can fill; if all the precious drugs in a country, Christ hath more sickness then all that can cure; if the power of a mighty Prince, Christ hath more imprisonment then all that can enlarge; if a whole house full of silver and gold, Christ hath more distressed members to be comforted, more breaches in his Church to be repaired, more enemies of his Gospel to be opposed, more defenders of his faith to be supplied, more urgencies of his Kingdom to be attended, then all that will serve for. Christ professeth himself to be still hungry, naked, sick, and1 in prison, and to stand in need of our visits and supplies. As all the good which Christ hath done is ours, by reason of our communion with him, so all the •vill we suffer is Christs, by reason of his compassion with us. The Apostle2 saith that we sit together with Christ in heavenly places, and the same Apostle saith, that the sufferings of Christ are made up in his members. Nos ibi sedemus, et ille hic laborat. 3We are glorified in him, and he pained in us, in all his honour we are honoured, and in all our affliction he is afflicted.
If thou hadst a whole wardrobe of cast apparrell, Christ hath more nakednesse then all that can cover; if whole barnes ful of corne, and cellars of wine, Christ hath more empty bowels then al that can fill; if all the pretious drugs in a country, Christ hath more sicknes then all that can cure; if the power of a mighty Prince, Christ hath more imprisonment then all that can enlarge; if a whole house full of silver and gold, Christ hath more distressed members to be comforted, more breaches in his Church to be repaired, more enemies of his Gospel to be oppos'd, more defenders of his faith to be supplied, more urgencies of his Kingdom to be attended, then al that wil serve for. Christ professeth himself to be still hungry, naked, sick, and1 in prison, and to stand in need of our visits and supplies. As all the good which Christ hath done is ours, by reason of our communion with him, so all the vill wee suffer is Christs, by reason of his compassion with us. The Apostle