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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
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By these things then, we may examine our selves, and find whether we have any true love to god or not: namely by his love, to the means of salvation, and by his keeping Gods commandments, by his fervent and hearty love to Gods people, in wishing and also doing then good to his power, by his desire to be joined to Christ Jesus, and lastly by his hatred of those things which God hateth, which though they do often overtake ⟨p. 19⟩him, yet he loves himself the less, because he can hate them no more, and thinks the worse of himself, because he loves them at all.
By these things then, wee may examine our selues, and finde whether we haue any true loue to god or not: namely by his loue, to the meanes of saluation, and by his keeping Gods commandements, by his seruent and harty loue to Gods people, in wishing and also doing then good to his power, by his desire to bee joyned to Christ Iesus, and lastly by his hatred of those things which God hateth, which though they doe often ouertake ⟨p. 19⟩him, yet he loues himselfe the lesse, because hee can hate them no more, and thinkes the worse of himselfe, because hee loues them at all.
These things who so can find in himself, he loves God and obeys this commandment, though not in perfection (for no man can in his nature, and indeed it is not needful that any of us should, for Christ did it for us) yet in uprightness and in some good measure, and he serves God with that which he accounts a perfect hart.
These things who so can finde in himselfe, hee loues God and obeyes this commandement, though not in perfection (for no man can in his nature, and indeede it is not needefull that any of vs should, for Christ did it for vs) yet in vprightnesse and in some good measure, and he serues God with that which hee accounts a perfect hart.