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The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…
The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Jer. Burroughs minister of Gods Word.The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Ier. Burroughes minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Miles for R. Dawlman, 1639
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Fourthly, such men as these, do much mischief in the world; they are grievous scandals; they make the good ways of God to be evil spoken of; they harden mens hearts against them, and the profession of them; many in hell curse them, as the cause of their ruin: if a man were borne to do mischief, he could not do greater any way, than this. So much hurt is done by them, they cause such blemishes, such sports to be upon the profession of godliness, ⟨p. 348⟩as we should be glad if we could wash them off with our dearest heartblood, and account it well bestowed: but woe be to them by whom these offences come. The greatest part of all the scorn, contempt of, and opposition against the ways of God, and godly men, shall be charged upon these men, as the causers of it; for were it not for such as these, wicked men could not tell what to say for themselves, in their opposition of those ways of godliness, which in themselves are so equal, and good, and blessed; woe be to them, by whom such offences come.
Fourthly, such men as these, doe much mischiefe in the world; they are grievous scandals; they make the good wayes of God to be evill spoken of; they harden mens hearts against them, and the profession of them; many in hell curse them, as the cause of their ruin: if a man were borne to doe mischiefe, he could not doe greater any way, than this. So much hurt is done by them, they cause such blemishes, such sports to be upon the profession of godlinesse, ⟨p. 348⟩as we should be glad if we could wash them off with our dearest heartblood, and account it well bestowed: but woe be to them by whom these offences come. The greatest part of all the scorne, contempt of, and opposition against the wayes of God, and godly men, shall be charged upon these men, as the causers of it; for were it not for such as these, wicked men could not tell what to say for themselves, in their opposition of those wayes of godlinesse, which in themselves are so equall, and good, and blessed; woe be to them, by whom such offences come.