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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
Book 6 › Chapter 2 › Section 2: Of Christ's Mission to Herod, and the Transactions there.
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Of this let us make some use. Was the eternal Word of God,1 and the uncreated wisdom of the Father reputed a fool? no wonder if we suffer thousands of reproaches; We are made a spectacle unto the World, and to Angels, and to men; we are fools for Christ's sake, saith the Apostle.—We are made as the filth of the world, 2and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day. Christians must wear the badge and livery of Jesus Christ; we cannot expect to fare better than our Master, why then should we despond? I never knew Christians in better heart, than when they were styled by the Name, of Puritans, Precisians, Hypocrites, Formalists, or the like.
Of this let us make some use. Was the eternal Word of God,1 and the uncreated wisdom of the Father reputed a fool? no wonder if we suffer thousands of reproaches; We are made a spectakle unto the World, and to Angels, and to men; we are fools for Christ's sake, saith the Apostle.—We are made as the filth of the world, 2and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day. Christians must wear the bage and livery of Jesus Christ; we cannot expect to fare better than our Master, why then should we despond? I never knew Christians in better heart, than when they were stiled by the Name, of Puritans, Precisians, Hypocrites, Formalists, or the like.
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- 21 Cor. 4.2.10, 13.