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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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Now of these sufferings of the Church we must note that they have no conformity with Christs in these two things. First, not in Officio, in the office of Christs sufferings; for His were meritorious a•d satisfactory; Ours only ministerial, and for edification. Secondly, not in […] & […], not in the weight and measure of ⟨p. 533⟩them; not so bitter, heavy, and woeful as Christs were▪ For the sufferings of Christ, upon any other Creature, would have crushed him as low as Hell, and swallowed him up for ever. In other respects there is a conformity of our sufferings to Christs; so that He esteemeth them His.
Now of these sufferings of the Church we must note that they have no conformitie with Christs in these two things. First, not in Officio, in the office of Christs sufferings; for His were meritorious a•d satisfactorie; Ours onely mini•teriall, and for edification. Secondly, not in 〈…〉 & 〈…〉, not in the weight and measure of ⟨p. 533⟩them; not so bitter, heavie, and wofull as Christs were▪ For the sufferings of Christ, vpon any other Creature, would have crushed him as low as Hell, and swallowed him up for ever. In other respects there is a conformitie of our sufferings to Christs; so that He esteemeth them His.
Our sufferings are: First, such as we draw upon our selves by our own folly; and even in these afflictions which Christ as the King •ver His people inflicteth upon them, yet as their Head and fellow member He compassionateth and as it were smarteth with them. For Christ is so full of tenderness, and so acquainted with