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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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then they shall say, blessed be God that ever I lived in such a christian family, that ever I was under so good a minister, I thank God that ever I was acquainted and did converse with such a man or woman, by whose gracious behaviour, I was brought ⟨image 54⟩the better to like of religion; Now the old seed that seemed to lye dead under the clods, reviveth and sprouts up, now the fruits of all good precepts and good admonitions, begin to appear. Therefore we must strive to be such good children, for better it were, never to profess religion, then thus to profess it, and live like a worldling. If there grow brambles in Gods vineyard, the axe of Gods vengeance meets with them straight, & they of all other shall be most fearfully and horribly destroyed; if one will be a brier then, let him keep himself in the wild wast, and not press into Gods garden, for if he do, most undoubtedly, he shall be cut down & cast into the fire. Thus much for the first dishonouring and taking gods name in vain by life.
then they shall say, blessed be God that euer I liued in such a christian family, that euer I was vnder so good a minister, I thank God that euer I was acquainted and did conuerse with such a man or woman, by whose gratious behauiour, I was brought ⟨image 54⟩the better to like of religion; Now the old seed that seemed to lye dead vnder the clods, reuiueth and sprouts vp, now the fruits of all good precepts and good admonitions, begin to appeare. Therefore we must striue to be such good children, for better it were, neuer to professe religion, then thus to professe it, and liue like a worldling. If there grow brambles in Gods vineyard, the axe of Gods vengeance meets with them straight, & they of all other shalbe most fearefully and horribly destroyed; if one will be a brier then, let him keepe himselfe in the wild wast, and not presse into Gods garden, for if he doe, most vndoubtedly, he shall be cut downe & cast into the fire. Thus much for the first dishonouring and taking gods name in vaine by lyfe.