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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 2: How ought we to love our Neighbours as our selves? Serm. II.
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.
David, who was a man after Gods own heart, knew how to distinguish between the sin, and the person; See how he expresseth himself elsewhere: I hate the work of them that turn aside; not them, but the work of them; 1he hated their sin; saying, it shall not cleave to me.
Hear him again; I hate every false way; this shows us plainly,1 that he hated sin perfectly: he hated sin so, as that it should not cleave to him: he hated it where ever he found it; Every false way. For what is perfect hatred? Austin describes it very well: He est perfecto odio odisse, ut nec homines propter vitia oderis, nec vitia propter homines diligas: This is to hate with ⟨p. 58⟩perfect hatred, not to hate men for their Sins sake, nor to love the sin for the mens sake. This is one manner how we ought to love our Neighbour as our selves; it must be holily.
Hear him again; I hate every false way; this shews us plainly,1 that he hated sin perfectly: he hated sin so, as that it should not cleave to him: he hated it where ever he found it; Every false way. For what is perfect hatred? Austin describes it very well: He est perfecto odio odisse, ut nec homines propter vitia oderis, nec vitia propter homines diligas: This is to hate with ⟨p. 58⟩perfect hatred, not to hate men for their Sins sake, nor to love the sin for the mens sake. This is one manner how we ought to love our Neighbour as our selves; it must be holily.