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The spiritual-mans aim guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry…The spirituall-mans aime guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry…
The spiritual-mans aim guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry passages of this life, so that Gods glory, and his own salvation may be the main end of all / by the faithful and reverend divine, R. Sibbes ... ; published by T.G. and P.N.The spirituall-mans aime guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry passages of this life, so that Gods glory, and his owne salvation may be the maine end of all / by the faithfull and reverend divine, R. Sibbes ... ; published by T.G. and P.N.
London: printed by John Norton for John Rothwell, 1637London: printed by Iohn Norton for Iohn Rothwell, 1637
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.
But then there is a danger:1 especially in the sweet affections. There is danger, because we are like to over-joy. And poison is the subtlest, conveyed in sweet things. We are prone to over-Joy. There is a danger, therefore, there must be a restraint. We must Joy as if we rejoiced not: that is, so joy, in any thing here, as considering that the time is short, I cannot enjoy it long. Shall I joy in that that I cannot enjoy? The time is short, I cannot enjoy them. If a man cannot enjoy a thing long, he cannot joy. The time is short ⟨p. 38⟩you must go. The things must go, and both must go: And the fashion of this world passeth away. All the frame of things pass away; Marriage passeth away; and Callings pass away▪ and friends pass away, and all pass away. And therefore Joy, as if you joyed not. I beseech you let us leame to Joy, as if we rejoiced not. The Prophet calls Nineveh a rejoicing City. And we live in a Jovial age. Men eat and drink as they did in the days of the Old World, In Noah's time, they marry, and give in Marriage. We live in Jovial times; and therefore we had need to lay some restraint upon our joy: especially when God calls us to mourning as well as Joy, as he doth if we look round about us▪ If we look upon ⟨p. 39⟩the time, we should see cause to Joy as if we did not. We must not alway be on the merry pin, as we say, but we must temper and qualify our Joy.
But then there is a danger:1 especially in the sweet affections. There is danger, because wee are like to over-ioy. And poyson is the subtillest, conveyed in sweet things. Wee are proane to over-Joy. There is a danger, therefore, there must bee a restraint. We must Ioy as if we reioyced not: that is, so ioy, in any thing here, as considering that the time is short, I cannot enioy it long. Shall I ioy in that that I cannot inioy? The time is short, I cannot enioy them. If a man cannot enioy a thing long, he cannot joy. The time is short ⟨p. 38⟩