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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It were well for the world (saith Chrysostom) especially for the Children of God, that Judas were alone in this transgression that there were no more perfidious, treacherous Persons in it besides himself. But Oh! how fu l is the world of such miscreants?1 there was never yet an Abel, but he had a Cain to murder him; never yet a Moses, but he had a Jannes and Jambres to resist him; never yet a Joseph, but he had unkind Brothers to envy him; never yet a Samson, but he had a Delilah to betray him; never yet a David, but he had an Ahitophel to hurt him; never yet a Paul, but there was an Alexander to do him much evil; nay it is well, if in every assembly we meet not with a Judas: in civill affairs how many are there that live, and make gain by lying, swearing, cheating, cozening, selling away Christ and their own souls for a lesser matter than thirty pieces of Silver? and in religious affairs, how many secure and drowsy professors have we amongst us, that salute Christ both by hearing the Word, and receiving the Seals, and yet in their lives and conversations they deny Christ? They honour God with their lips, 2but their hearts are far away from him.
It were well for the world (saith Chrysostome) especially for the Children of God, that Judas were alone in this transgression that there were no more perfidious, treacherous Persons in it besides himself. But Oh! how fu l is the world of such miscreants?1 there was never yet an Abel, but he had a Cain to murder him; never yet a Moses, but he had a Jannes and Jambres to resist him; never yet a Joseph, but he had unkind Brothers to envy him; never yet a Samson, but he had a Dalilah to betray him; never yet a David, but he had an Ahitophel to hurt him; never yet a Paul, but there was an Alexander to do him much evil; nay it is well, if in every assembly we meet not with a Judas: in civill affairs how many are there that live, and make gain by lying, swearing, cheating, coz•ning, selling away Christ and their own souls for a lesser matter than thirty pieces of Silver? and in religious affairs, how many secure and drowsie professors have we amongst us, that salute Christ both by hearing the Word, and receiving the Seals, and yet in their lives and conversations they deny Christ? They honour God with their lips,