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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.
The Apostle saith, that By the Commandment sin revived. By the life of sin I understand the strength of it, and that is twofold: A strength to condemn, and a strength to operate, or work in a man obedience to it self: a strength to hold a man fast, and to carry him its own way. Sin is a body, and hath earthly members, Col. 3. 4. which are very active & vigorous; the Apostle speaketh of a holding property which it hath, Rom. 7. 6. and this strength hath the sinews of all strength in it; It is a Lord, and so it hath the strength of power to command, and it is a husband, and so it hath the strength of love to persuade and prevail.
The Apostle saith, that By the Commandement sinne revived. By the life of sinne I understand the strength of it, and that is twofold: A strength to condemne, and a strength to operate, or worke in a man obedience to it selfe: a strength to hold a man fast, and to carry him its owne way. Sin is a body, and hath earthly members, Col. 3. 4. which are very active & vigorous; the Apostle speaketh of a holding propertie which it hath, Rom. 7. 6. and this strength hath the sinewes of all strength in it; It is a Lord, and so it hath the strength of power to command, and it is a husband, and so it hath the strength of love to perswade and prevaile.
First, it is a Lord and Master, in which respect it hath these ties upon us: First, a Covenant, there is a virtual bargain between lust and a sinner, Isaiah 28. 15. we make promise of serving, and obeying sin, Joh. 8. 34. Rom. 6. 16. and that returneth unto us the wages of iniquity, and the pleasures of sin,