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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.
Having showed the Insufficiency of the Creature to make man happy, as being full of vanity, and the Insufficiency of Man to make himself Happy, as being full of sin; we now proceed in the last place to discover first the Fountain of Life and Happiness, Christ; and secondly the Channel by which it is from him unto us conveyed, the Instrument whereby we draw it from him, namely the knowledge of him, and fellowship with him in his resurrection and sufferings.
HAving shewed the Insufficiencie of the Creature to make man happie, as being full of vanitie, and the Insufficiencie of Man to make himselfe Happie, as being full of sinne; we now proceede in the last place to discover first the Fountaine of Life and Happinesse, Christ; and secondly the Channell by which it is from him unto us conveyed, the Instrument whereby wee draw it from him, namely the knowledge of him, and fellowship with him in his resurrection and sufferings.
These words we see contain a Doctrine of the greatest consequence to the Soul of Man in the whole Scriptures, and that which is indeed the sum of them all. They contain the sum of mans desires, Life, and the sum of Gods mercies, Christ, and the sum of mans duty, Faith; Christ the Fountain, Life the Derivation, and Faith the Conveyance.
These words we see containe a Doctrine of the greatest consequence to the Soule of Man in the whole Scriptures, and that which is indeede the summe of them all. They containe the summe of mans desires, Life, and the summe of Gods mercies, Christ, and the summe of mans dutie, Faith; Christ the Fountaine, Life the Derivation, and Faith the Conveyance.
Whatsoever things are excellent and desirable, are in the Scripture comprised under the name of Life, as the lesser under the greater; for Life is better then meat, and the body then ray meant. And whatsoever Excellencies can be named, we have them all from Christ. In Him, saith the Apostle, are bid the treasures of wisdom