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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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Fourthly, all the means unto that end must be regular and suitable, Evil must not be done to bring good about, Rom. 3. 8. and all the circumstances which accompany the action must be right too. For as in the body there is not only required beauty, but order and proportion; Let the face be of never so delicate and choice complexion, yet if any part be mis-placed it will cause a notable deformity and uncomeliness to it: so in duties, an excellent work may be so mis-placed, or mis-timed, or attended with such incongruous and unsuitable circumstances, as that it may prove rather a snare of Satan, then a fruit of the Spirit.
Fourthly, all the meanes unto that end must be regular and sutable, Evill must not be done to bring good about, Rom. 3. 8. and all the circumstances which accompany the action must be right too. For as in the body there is not onely requir'd beauty, but order and proportion; Let the face be of never so delicate and choice complection, yet if any part be mis-plac'd it will cause a notable deformitie and uncomelinesse to it: so in duties, an excellent worke may be so mis-plac'd, or mis-tim'd, or attended with such incongruous and unsutable circumstances, as that it may prove rather a snare of Satan, then a fruit of the Spirit.
Lastly, to make it completely acceptable, It must pass through the Incense and Intercession of Christ, who as he doth by his Merits take away the Guilt of sin from our persons; so by his Intercession he hideth the pollution and adherencie of sin that is in our services, and so giveth us access, and maketh all our duties acceptable by him to God. Ephes. 2. 18. 1. Pet. 2. 5. He hath made us 1to be priests unto God, and our Prayers, and good works, as spiritual sacrifices come up before God. But it is not sufficient that there be a Priest, and an offering, except there