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A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved
A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.
London: printed by J.A. for John Dunton, 1683
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Sermon 5: Quest. How ought we to bewail the Sins of the Places where we live? SERMON V.
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A Saint sails with every wind. As the Wicked are hurt by the best things, so the Godly are bettered by the worst. Because they ⟨p. 122⟩have made void thy Law, therefore do I love thy Commandments. Psal. 119.127. Holiness is the more owned by the Godly, the more the world despiseth it. The most eminent Saints were those of Caesars (Nero's) house. Phil. 4.22. They who kept Gods name, were they that lived where Satan's Throne was. Rev. 2.13. Zeal for God grows the hotter by opposition; and thereby the Godly most labour to give the Glory of God reparation. Lime by casting Water upon it, grows inflamed; and opposition confirms the upright Christian in Holiness. Winds make the trees more firmly rooted. 'Twas said of old, Grave bonum a Nerone damnari; the best action, Saints account that which is opposed by the worst men. Elijah's Jealousy for Religion was the more kindled by its being opposed by Idolaters. 1 King. 19.14. Lot showed himself a better man in Sodom than in the Cave.1
A Saint sails with every wind. As the Wicked are hurt by the best things, so the Godly are bettered by the worst. Because they ⟨p. 122⟩have made void thy Law, therefore do I love thy Commandements. Psal. 119.127. Holiness is the more owned by the Godly, the more the world despiseth it. The most eminent Saints were those of Caesars (Nero's) house. Phil. 4.22. They who kept Gods name, were they that lived where Satans Throne was. Rev. 2.13. Zeal for God grows the hotter by opposition; and thereby the Godly most labour to give the Glory of God reparation. Lime by casting Water upon it, grows inflamed; and opposition confirms the upright Christian in Holiness. Winds make the trees more firmly rooted. 'Twas said of old, Grave bonum a Nerone damnari; the best action, Saints account that which is opposed by the worst men. Elijah's Jealousie for Religion was the more kindled by its being opposed by Idolaters.