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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.
For Bread is Ours, not only in the right of the promise, I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, but by service and1 quiet working in an orderly calling.
For Bread is Ours, not onely in the right of the promise, I will not faile thee, nor forsake thee, but by service and1 quiet working in an orderly calling.
- 12. The. 3. 11. 12.
Secondly, Promises are apt to purify not only as arguments to induce it, but likewise as efficiens causes and principles, being by Faith apprehended, of our Holiness. And so the force of the reason is the fame, as if a rich man having given a great estate unto his son, should add this exhortation, having received such gifts as these, and having now where withal to live in quality and worth, keep your self in fashion like the Son of such a father.
Secondly, Promises are apt to purifie not onely as arguments to induce it, but likewise as efficiens causes and principles, being by Faith apprehended, of our Holynesse. And so the force of the reason is the fame, as if a rich man having given a great estate unto his sonne, should adde this exhortation, having received such gifts as these, and having now where withall to live in qualitie and worth, keepe your selfe in fashion like the Sonne of such a father.
Efficients they are. First, as tokens and expressions of Gods Love, for all Gods promises are grounded in his Love. His Justice, Truth, and Fidelity are the reasons of fulfilling