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A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast
A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...A glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...
London: printed by E. G. for John Rothwell, 1638London: printed by E. G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1638
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.
To see under the glorious Gospel of Christ, that those that think they have souls eternal, that they should live in impudent base courses, void of religion and humanity, only to satisfy their own lusts, in stead of satisfying and obeying GOD; men that live in the bosom of the Church, as beasts, and yet hope to be saved as well as the best: Oh! but the hope of the hypocrite, the hope of such persons will deceive them.
To see under the glorious Gospel of Christ, that those that thinke they have soules eternall, that they should live in impudēt base courses, voyd of religion and humanitie, onely to satisfie their owne lu•ts, in stead of satisfying and obeying GOD; men that live in the bosome of the Church, as beasts, and yet hope to be saved as well as the best: Oh! but the hope of the hypocrite, the hope of such persons will deceive them.
Oh! let us labour therefore ⟨p. 203⟩to have this affection of love planted in our hearts; that God by his spirit would teach us to love him, and to love one another. This affection of love must be taught by God, it is not a matter of the brain to teach that, but a matter of the heart. God only is the great Schoolmaster and teacher of the heart, he must not only command us to love, but teach our affections by his holy Spirit, to enable our affections to love him.
Oh! let us labour therefore ⟨p. 203⟩to have this affection of love planted in our hearts; that God by his spi•it would teach us to love him, and to love one another. This affection of love must bee taught by God, it is not a matter of the braine to teach that, but a matter of the heart. God only is the great Schoolmast•r and teacher of the heart, he must not onely command us to love, but teach our affections by his holy Spirit, to enable our affections to love him.