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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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Thirdly, our holiness must be Proportionable to Christs in the parts of it. It must be universal: the whole1 man must be spiritually formed and organized unto the measure of Christ. Every part must have its measure, and every joint its supply. Holiness is a resurrection; ⟨p. 422⟩all that which fell must be restored; and it is a generation, all the parts of him that begetteth must be fashioned. The God of peace sanctify you throughout, and I pray God that your whole spirit, soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thirdly, our holinesse must bee Proportionable to Christs in the parts of it. It must be universall: the whole1 man must bee spiritually formed and organiz'd unto the measure of Christ. Every part must have its measure, and every ioynt its supply. Holynesse is a resurrection; ⟨p. 422⟩all that which fell must be restored; and it is a generation, all the parts of him that begetteth must be fashioned. The God of peace sanctifie you throughout, and I pray God that your whole spirit, soule and body may bee preserved blamelesse unto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Lastly, our Holiness must be proportion ed unto Christ in the manner of working: I shall observe but three1 particulars of many. First, it must be done with self-denial; He that will follow Christ must deny himself: Christ for us denied himself, and his own will; His natural love towards his own life yielded to his merciful love towards his members; not as I will in my natural desire to decline dissolution, but as thou wilt in thy merciful purpose to save thy Church. Many men will be content to serve God as long as they may with all advantage themselves: but to serve him and deny themselves is a work which they have not learned. Ephraim