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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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Or thus, I never saw the righteous forsaken, or their seed forsaken by God, though they begged their bread, but even in that extremity God was present with them, to sanctify to their use, and to give them a comfortable enjoyment of that very bread which the exigency of their present condition had constrained them to beg. Thus we see in general, That the Blessing or Command of God, and the fountain of that blessing, the Gospel of Salvation, do sanctify the Creature.
Or thus, I never saw the righteous forsaken, or their seede forsaken by God, though they beg'd their bread, but even in that extremitie God was present with them, to sanctifie to their use, and to give them a comfortable enjoyment of that very bread which the exigencie of their present condition had constrained them to begge. Thus we see in generall, That the Blessing or Command of God, and the fountaine of that blessing, the Gospell of Salvation, doe sanctifie the Creature.
But yet neither by the Blessing nor the Gospel is the Creature effectually sanctified unto us, till it be by us apprehended with the Word and Promise, and this is done1 by Faith; for the Word, saith the Apostle, profited not those that heard it, because it was not mingled or tempered 2with faith. For Faith hath this singular operation, to particularize and single out God and his Promises unto a man's self; So then the Creature is sanctified by the Word and Blessing believed and embraced, whereby we come to have a nearer right and peculiarity in the Creatures which we enjoy: for being by Faith united unto Christ3 and made one with him (which is that noble effect of faith to incorporate Christ and a Christian together) we thereby share with him in the inheritance, not only of4 Eternal life, but even of the common Creatures. Fellow Heirs we are and Copartners with him; therefore in as much as God hath appointed him to be Heir of All