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A remedy against private contentions A godly and fruitful sermon on James, 4.1. &c.…A remedy against priuat contentions A godly and fruitfull sermon on Iames, 4.1. &c.…
A remedy against private contentions A godly and fruitful sermon on James, 4.1. &c. Wherein is at large discovered the hatefulness, and perniciousness of private jars and contentions, with manifold remedies against the same. By Mr. John Dod.A remedy against priuat contentions A godly and fruitfull sermon on Iames, 4.1. &c. Wherin is at large discouered the hatefulnes, and perniciousnesse of priuate iars and contentions, with manifold remedies against the same. By Mr. Iohn Dod.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for Thomas Man, 1614London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for Thomas Man, 1614
A REMEDY AGAINST Private Contentions.A REMEDIE AGAINST Priuate Contentions.
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.
Reason 1 First, because the love of earthly things makes God his enemy. For he that loves the World, the love of God is not in him: but he withdraws his heart from God, and 1goeth a whoring after the world; the setting of our affections upon the creature, maketh us to be estranged from the Creator.
Reason 1 First, because the loue of earthly things makes God his enemy. For hee that loues the World, the loue of God is not in him: but hee withdrawes his heart from God, and 1goeth a whooring after the world; the setting of our affections vpon the creature, maketh vs to be estranged from the Creator.
Secondly, as the desire of earthly things, makes men impious against God, so doth it make them injurious towards men: He that hasteth to be rich cannot be innocent: 1and he that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: and that which is said of the excessive desire of gain, holds as true in all other sinful lusts, that he that is greedy of pleasure, or credit, or any the like, is still a troubler and disquieter of those with whom he lives: because first his own heart is poisoned, and being distempered within, he must needs show his distemper without.