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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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And was not this true in Achan, God had taken the whole pray of Jericho, for his part, and that was a consecrate thing, & so he knew well enough, but yet he thought there was enough for God and for him to, and therefore he would be so bold as to take a little, thinking to have benefited himself and his children by it. But what got he by it, was there not an hook in the bait that pulled him into a fearful and miserable end? Now if so fearful a punishment befell him for devouring of silver or gold, for which God had not given so strict a charge, nor backed his commandment with so much strength of reason, how much more then shall it bring in devouring of holy time, which God hath more strongly confirmed and commanded. And so in Malac. 3. 8. 9. God complains, that they had spoiled him in tithes and offerings, in converting these things that he had consecrated for his use to their own uses. But what came upon it? Therefore saith he, you are cursed with a curse. I but we do but as every body doth, all the country doth so, why therefore saith he, you be all accursed, even this whole nation, if you will do as every body doth, this is all the help, they shall speed as every body doth, they shall be accursed for company, if they sin for company.
And was not this true in Achan, God had taken the whole pray of Iericho, for his part, and that was a consecrate thing, & so he knew well enough, but yet he thought there was enough for God and for him to, and therefore he would be so bold as to take a little, thinking to haue benefited himselfe and his children by it. But what got he by it, was there not an hooke in the bayte that puld him into a fearefull and miserable ende? Now if so fearefull a punishment befell him for deuouring of siluer or gold, for which God had not giuen so strict a charge, nor backed his commandement with so much strength of reason, how much more then shall it bring in deuouring of holy time, which God hath more strongly confirmed and commanded. And so in Malac. 3. 8. 9. God complaines, that they had spoyled him in tithes and offerings, in conuerting these things that he had consecrated for his vse to their owne vses. But what came vpon it? Therefore saith he, you are cursed with a curse. I but we doe but as euery body doth, all the countrie doth so, why therfore saith he, you be all accursed, euen this whole nation, if you will doe as euery bodie doth, this is all the help, they shall speed as euery bodie doth, they shalbe accursed for company, if they sinne for company.