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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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The man possest with a Legion of Devils is a notable Emblem of a mans sinful nature (for indeed sin makes a man of the Devils blood, ye are the children of your Father the Devil, Joh. 8. 44.) He is conversant with nothing but death, dead works, dead companions, death the service, and death the wages. He is full of hideous affections, he cuts and tears his own soul; the presence ⟨p. 169⟩of Christ is horrible and affrightful to him, and if he worship him▪ 'tis out of terror, and not out of love; his name may well be called Legion, for the swarms, the services, the strength, the war of lusts in the heart: 'Tis a torment to lust to come out of a man, and to a man to be disposest of his lusts, there will be pain at the parting of sin, the unclean spirit will tear when he must come out: but in this principally was he the picture of our evil nature, in that he was exceeding fierce and untameable,1 no man durst pass by him, no chains were strong enough to hold him: and this is the character of wicked men, To break bands and cords asunder, and to be their own 2Lords.
The man possest with a Legion of Divels is a notable Emblem of a mans sinfull nature (for indeed sin makes a man of the Divels blood, yee are the children of your Father the Divell, Ioh. 8. 44.) He is conversant with nothing but death, dead workes, dead companions, death the service, and death the wages. He is full of hideous affections, he cuts and teares his owne soule; the presence ⟨p. 169⟩of Christ is horrible and affrightfull to him, and if hee worship him▪ 'tis out of terror, and not out of love; his name may well bee called Legion, for the swarmes, the services, the strength, the warre of lusts in the heart: 'Tis a torment to lust to come out of a man, and to a man to be dispossest of his lusts, there will be paine at the parting of sinne, the uncleane spirit will teare when he must come out: but in this principally was he the picture of our evill nature, in that hee was exceeding fierce and untameable,