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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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Now how wicked a sin this is, it appears if we consider of the causes of the same, and the effect. The causes are pride, and abundance of self-love, but exceeding want of true love; for love envies not, but self-love and pride would have all ⟨p. 41⟩themselves, and they think that they are wronged if another have any thing more then themselves. Then the effect that it brings after it is murder, if it be possible as in the former examples; and the Pharisees who when they began to bear a grudge against Christ, because he had better gifts and more account among the people then themselves, and then were not well till they had nailed him to the cross. This man also is a twofold murderer, and kills after a double sort. For first he hates his brother whom he ought to love so much the more; for as God doth give more graces to every one, and so shows his love more unto him, so is it our duty both to be contented with Gods dealings, as also to show our love and kindness the more, because God shows▪ his, but now hates him for this cause, and he he that hates his brother in his heart, is a manslayer.
Now how wicked a sinne this is, it appeares if we consider of the causes of the same, and the effect. The causes are pride, and aboundance of selfeloue, but exceeding want of true loue; for loue enuies not, but selfeloue and pride would haue all ⟨p. 41⟩themselues, and they thinke that they are wronged if another haue any thing more then themselues. Then the effect that it brings after it is murther, if it be possible as in the former examples; and the Pharises who when they began to beare a grudge against Christ, because he had better gifts and more account among the people then themselues, and then were not well till they had nayled him to the crosse. This man also is a twofold murtherer, and kils after a double sort. For first he hates his brother whom he ought to loue so much the more; for as God doth giue more graces to euerie one, and so shewes his loue more vnto him, so is it our duetie both to be contented with Gods dealings, as also to shew our loue and kindnesse the more, because God shewes▪ his, but now hates him for this cause, and he he that hates his brother in his heart, is a manslayer.