A20559:104
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 fifth and last note, whereby we shall find out in trueth, how we love God, is to consider how we stand affected to that which he hates. One indeed may love a man truly, and yet not hate all that he hates, because his hatred may be unjust, or else he may exceed in the measure of hatred. But for God, we know that he is perfect, & hates nothing but that which is hateful, & abhors none but those which deserve to be abhorred. Therefore try and see how we stand affected to the wolrd. God saith that he hates the world, by the world is meant, as Saint John expounds it; the lust of the eyes; the lust of the hart; and the pride of life; we must hate these things, for the love of the world is enmity to God. He that loves it then, is an enemy; for he that loves Gods enemies, makes himself an enemy: as he that hates that which God loves, hates God, so he that loves that which God hates, hates God also. Also we must see how we hate covetousness, malice, pride, filthiness, falsehood, and such like, for all these things God hates. But if one be so far from abhorring lying, as that he himself will lie; & so far from hating flattery, as he himself will flatter; & speak fair before ones face, but ill enough behind his back, if one be so far from hating unthriftiness, as that he will be a gamester & spend those things idly and foolishly, which God gave him for a better end, and will take an account of him also, how he spent them, because God bestowed them for better ends, and he bestows them proudly, vainly, and unthriftily, to no glory to God, or good to men; he that will do these or any such things, it is plain that he hates not that which God hates, and therefore doth not love God.
The fift and last note, wherby we shall finde out in trueth, how wee loue God, is to consider how wee stand affected to that which he hates. One indeed may loue a man truely, and yet not hate all that he hates, because his hatred may be vnjust, or else he may exceede in the measure of hatred. But for God, we know that he is perfect, & hates nothing but that which is hatefull, & abhorres none but those which deserue to be abhorred. Therfore try and see how we stand affected to the wolrd. God saith that hee hates the worlde, by the world is ment, as Saint Iohn expoundes it; the lust of the eies; the lust of the hart; and the pride of life; we must hate these thinges, for the loue of the world is enmitie to God. He that loues it then, is an enemie; for hee that loues Gods enemies, makes himselfe an enemie: as he that hates that which God loues, hates God, so hee that loues that which God hates, hates God also. Also we must see how we hate couetousnesse, mallice, pride, filthinesse, falshoode, and such like, for all these things God hates. But if one be so far from abhorring lying, as that he himself will lie; & so far frō hating flatterie, as he himselfe will flatter; & speake faire before ones face, but ill inough behind his backe, if one be so far from hating vnthriftinesse, as that he will be a gamster & spend those things idly and foolishly, which God gaue him for a better end, and will take an account of him also, how he spent them, because God bestowed them for better ends, and he bestowes them proudly, vainely, and vnthriftely, to no glory to God, or good to men; he that will doe these or any such thinges, it is plaine that hee hates not that which God hates, and therefore doth not loue God.