Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

Doctrine. 1 BUT first we must look off all other things; the note is this: We must take off our mind from every thing, wch might divert us in our Christian Race from looking unto Jesus. [Greek or Hebrew], the first word, or first piece of a word in my Text speaks to us thus, hands off, or eyes off from any thing that stands in the way of Jesus Christ. I remember 'twas writ over Plato's door, [Greek or Hebrew], there's none may come hither that is not a Geometer; but on the door of my Text is written clean contrary, [Greek or Hebrew], No earthly minded man must enter here: not any thing in the world, be it never so excellent, if it stand in the way of Jesus Christ, is to be named the same day; we must not give a look or squint at any thing that may hinder this fair and lovely sight of Jesus.

Doctrine. 1 BUT first we must look off all other things; the note is this: We must take off our mind from every thing, wch might divert us in our Christian Race from looking unto Jesus. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the first word, or first piece of a word in my Text speaks to us thus, hands off, or eyes off from any thing that stands in the way of Jesus Christ. I remember 'twas writ over Plato's door, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, there's none may come hither that is not a Geometer; but on the door of my Text is written clean contrary, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, No earthly minded man must enter here: not any thing in the world, be it never so excellent, if it stand in the way of Jesus Christ, is to be named the same day; we must not give a look or squint at any thing that may hinder this faire and lovely sight of Jesus.

¹Thus was the Lords charge to Lot, look not behind thee; he was so far to renounce and detest the lewdness of Sodom; as that he must not vouchsafe a look towards it?

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