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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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Forbidding things in Omission to Body Soul commission Commanding
Forbidding things in Omission to Bodie Soule commission Commanding
What the things of omission be that are forbidden concerning the body it may appear in Math. 15. Where Christ condemns some as goats, limbs of the devil, and firebrands of hell, because they gave not meat to hungry, and drink to the thirsty, and clothed not the naked and visited not the sick and imprisoned, and such like. So that the omitting of these duties of mercy, is an indictment strong enough to bring such persons to hell. And Luke. 16. In the parable of Lazarus and Dives. Dives is condemned for want of mercy, that he had enough to bestow on pride and vanity and pomp to set out himself, but nothing to give to his poor and comfortless brother, showing the doom of all such wretched persons; such as John saith, which have this worlds goods, and yet let their Godly brethren want, shutting up the bowels of compassion from doing good; the charge of cruelty and want of mercy, lies heavy upon such, for he that turns his ear from the cry of the poor shall cry himself and not be heard. An other thing of omission is when he neglects to pay the due wages and recompense for the work of any poor man. For if it be a miserable sin not to do good freely where need requires, it is much more abominable and damnable not to give a due debt and reward of the work.
What the thinges of omission be that are forbidden concerning the bodie it may appeare in Math. 15. Where Christ condemnes some as goates, limmes of the diuell, and firebrands of hell, because they gaue not meate to hungrie, and drinke to the thirstie, and clothed not the naked and visited not the sicke and imprisoned, and such like. So that the omitting of these duties of mercie, is an inditement stronge enough to bring such persons to hell. And