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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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yes, for God required it. So then he was to perform Gods Command, but he was not thereby to work out his own projects, God commanded him to execute his justice, but not his own revenge. When the Prophet Jeremiah foretold the captivity of the Jews, if he had preached judgement with such an affection as Jehu did execute it, with aims at his own credit in the truth of his message, with delight in the ruin and desolation of the Church, with expectation and desire to see the lamentable accomplishment of his own preaching (as1 Jonah did at Nineveh) though he had done that which God required, yet had he greatly finned in corrupting his message with his own lust: but herein was the faithfulness of that holy man seen, that though he did proclaim the woeful day, yet he did not desire it, but ⟨p. 248⟩said Amen to the words of those false prophets, that2 preached peace and restitution again. So then to conclude this Case, when an Action hath evil in its own substance, it is to be omitted, but when the Action is of it self the matter of a precept, and so hath evil only externally cast upon it by the Agent that doth it, here the Action is not to be omitted, but the Agent is to be reformed.
yes, for God requir'd it. So then he was to performe Gods Command, but he was not thereby to worke out his owne projects, God commanded him to execute his justice, but not his owne revenge. When the Prophet Ieremie foretold the captivity of the Iewes, if hee had preached judgement with such an affection as Iehu did execute it, with aimes at his owne credit in the truth of his message, with delight in the ruine and desolation of the Church, with expectation and desire to see the lamentable accomplishment of his owne preaching (as1 Ionah did at Ninive) though hee had done that which God required, yet had he greatly finned in corrupting his message with his owne lust: but herein was the faithfulnesse of that holy man seene, that though he did proclayme the woefull day, yet he did not desire it, but ⟨p. 248⟩said Amen to the words of those false prophets, that