A25470:827
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
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.
7. It is a sin against all our Covenants and Engagements, specially our Baptismal bond, wherein we did solemnly promise Christ our hearts,1 and that in opposition to all others; the bond of Christian Ingenuity, Self-love, and proper Interest, Profession and Relation, as we bear his Name in the world.
7. It is a sin against all our Covenants and Ingagements, specially our Baptismal bond, wherein wee did solemnly promise Christ our hearts,1 and that in opposition to all others; the bond of Christian Ingenuity, Self-love, and proper Interest, Profession and Relation, as wee bear his Name in the world.
8. And lastly, It is a sin utterly inconsistent with the presence of any ⟨p. 240⟩one grace in the soul; it being impossible, that any thing should prosper, where this weed hath once settled and rooted it self; yo• may as well expect to find branches without a Root, as the graces of the Spirit without love: Thus very briefly you have an account of the danger of being without love to Christ, from the nature of the sin.
8. And lastly, It is a sin utterly inconsistent with the presence of any ⟨p. 240⟩one grace in the soul; it being impossible, that any thing should prosper, where this weed hath once settled and rooted it self; yo may as well expect to finde branches without a Root, as the graces of the Spirit without love: Thus very briefly you have an account of the danger of being without love to Christ, from the nature of the sin.