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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.
Lay aside saith the Apostle, every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset you. Alas, may the Soul answer, if it be a weight, how shall I move it? If it be a besieging and encompassing sin, that doth so easily occupate and invade all my faculties, how shall I repel or drive it of well, saith the Apostle, if you cannot quit your selves of your clog and burden, yet run with patience the race which is set before you, be content to draw your chain, and to lug your lusts after you. But how can the soul be patient under such heavy and such close corruptions? under the motions, importunities, and immodest solicitations of so many and so adulterous lusts? Look, faith he, unto Jesus the Author and finisher of your faith; consider him—lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. He doth not any of his works by halves; he is a Perfect Saviour, He finisheth all the works which are given him to do; If he have begun a good work in you, he is able to perfect it; if he be now the Author, he will in due time be the Accomplisher of your Faith.
Lay aside saith the Apostle, every weight, and the sinne which doth so easily beset you. Alas, may the Soule answere, if it be a weight, how shall I moove it? If it bee a be•ieging and encompassing sinne, that doth so easily occupate and invade all my faculties, how shall I repell or drive it of well, saith the Apostle, if you cannot quit your selves of your clog and burthen, yet runne with patience the race which is set before you, bee content to draw your chaine, and to lugge your lusts after you. But how can the soule be patient under such heavie and such close corruptions? under the motions, importunities, and immodest solicitations of so many and so adulterous lusts? Looke, faith he, unto Iesus the Author and finisher of your faith; consider him—lest yee bee wearied and faint in your mindes. He doth not any of his workes by halfes; he is a Perfect Saviour, He finisheth all the workes which are given him to doe; If he have begunne a good worke in you, hee is able to perfect it; if hee be now the Author, he will in due time be the Accomplisher of your Faith.
We must note, All the promises are made in Christ; being purchased by his merits, and they are all performed