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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.
The fashion of this world passeth away; or as some translate it, Deceives, and turns us aside: And so it doth indeed from better things. The fashion of this world passeth away. That Translation is fit enough. It passeth away. Now shall we be immoderate in any thing that passeth away? It is but an Apparition, but a show, but a Pageant. The word is partly taken from a Pageant, or a show that hath a resemblance of this and that. But ⟨p. 53⟩there is no realty or substance in a Pageant. From this, That the things of this world are but an Apparition or Pageant,
The fashion of this world passeth away; or as some translate it, Deceives, and turnes us aside: And so it doth indeed from better things. The fashion of this world passeth away. That Translation is fit enough. It passeth away. Now shall wee be immoderate in any thing that passeth away? It is but an Apparition, but a shew, but a Pageant. The word is partly taken from a Pageant, or a shew that hath a resemblance of this and that. But ⟨p. 53⟩there is no realtie or substance in a Pageant. From this, That the thinges of this world are but an Apparition or Pageant,
Learn to conceive aright of the things of this life,1 that there is no realty in them to speak of. They have a kind of realty: Riches are in some sort riches: and Beauty is in some sort Beauty: and Nobility is in some sort Nobility and so Possessions are in some sort Possessions. But all this is but a Pageant as it were, as a man that acts in a Pageant, or in a Play, he is in some sort a King, or a Beggar for the time: But we value him not as he is then, but as he is when he is off the Stage. And while we live here, we act the part, some of a Rich-man, some of a Nobleman, some of a Beggar or ⟨p. 54⟩poor man, all is but an acting of a part. And there is a less proportion between the acting of a part in this life, than there is between our life and eternity. All is but the acting of a part. We are not rich in the grave more than others. The King is as poor in the Grave, as the base Peasant, his Riches follow him not. The worm and the grave know no difference, when we go to that house there is no difference: all acting, and all differences end in the Grave. And therefore considering, that this world is but an Apparition, but the acting of a part, why should we think our selves the better for any thing here? Doth he that acts the part of a Nobleman upon the Stage think himself better than another, that