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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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he gives them his Son, ⟨p. 16⟩he gives them his holy Spirit and grace, in their harts: he gives them his fear and his blessing in this life, and life eternal in the world to come: if one know this, then he will sure serve God with a willing mind. But on the contrary, the cause and fountain of all rebellion and disobedience against God is, because there is no right knowledge of God, as he complains in Hosea. 2. That they lye, they steal, they commit adultery & blood toucheth blood. But what was the cause of all this confusion, why, because there was no knowledge of God in the land, and where men know not God, what should be looked for else, for then they cannot love him, nor fear him, nor trust in him, nor seek, nor do any duty, if there be no knowledge.
he giues them his sonne, ⟨p. 16⟩he giues them his holy Spirit and grace, in their harts: he giues them his feare and his blessing in this life, and life eternall in the world to come: if one know this, then he will sure serue God with a willing minde. But on the contrary, the cause and fountaine of all rebellion and disobedience against God is, because there is no right knowledge of God, as he complaines in Hosea. 2. That they lye, they steale, they commit adultery & bloud toucheth bloud. But what was the cause of all this confusion, why, because there was no knowledge of God in the land, and where men know not God, what should be looked for else, for then they cannot loue him, nor feare him, nor trust in him, nor seeke, nor doe any dutie, if there be no knowledge.
This serves to confute all ignorant persons that do not know God, they cannot tell how many persons there be, or if they do, they cannot tell what any of them did for them, they are not acquainted with the properties of God, nor with his actions, they never thought on his name, nor pondered on his trueth, his justice, his power, his mercy, and such like things. These may brag of love and faith, and hope, and confidence, and patience, but they have none of them, it cannot be, for all good things flow from this, that we do know God. Therefore Paul saith,