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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.
It is sin which puts horror into the Law, makes that which was at first a Law of life and liberty to be a Law of bondage and death, full of weakness, unprofitableness, hideousness, and curses. It is sin which puts malignity and venom into the very Gospel, making it a savour of Death unto Death, that is, of another deeper death and sorer condemnation, which by trampling upon the blood of Christ we draw upon our selves, unto that death under which we lay before by the malediction of the Law. And lastly (which is the highest that can be spoken of the venom of […]. ⟨p. 334⟩It is sin which, in a sort, and to speak after the manner of men, hath put hatred into God himself, hath moved the most merciful, gracious and compassionate Creator, to hate the things which he made, and not to take pity upon the works of his hands. If God had looked round about his own works, he could have found nothing but Goodness in them, and therefore nothing but Love in himself. But when sin came into the World, it made the Lord repent, and grieve, and hate, and destroy his own workmanship.
It is sinne which puts horror into the Law, makes that which was at first a Law of life and liberty to be a Law of bondage and death, full of weaknesse, unprofitablenesse, hideousnesse, and curses. It is sinne which puts malignity and venome into the very Gospell, making it a savor of Death unto Death, that is, of another deeper death and sorer condemnation, which by trampling upon the blood of Christ wee draw upon our selves, unto that death under which wee lay before by the malediction of the Law. And lastly (which is the highest that can bee spoken of the ve•ome of 〈…〉. ⟨p. 334⟩It is sinne which, in a sort, and to speake after the manner of men, hath put hatred into God himselfe, hath moved the most mercifull, gratious and compassionate Creator, to hate the things which he made, and not to take pittie upon the workes of his hands. If God had look'd round about his owne workes, hee could have found nothing but Goodnesse in them, and theresore nothing but Love in himselfe. But when sinne came into the World, it made the Lord repent, and grieve, and hate, and destroy his owne workmanship.