A26344:93
God's anger
God's anger ; and, Man's comfort two sermons / preached and published by Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Tho. Maxey for Samuel Man, 1652
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3. The Captain of this troublesome rout is himself; My thoughts. From what suggestion soever our thoughts come, we call them our own: Whosoever begot the babe, the mother calls it her own child. Indeed, the praise and propriety of good motions we ascribe only to God, without whom we cannot so much as think a good thought: as the channel may gather filth of it self, but it cannot have a drop of pure water but from the fountain. Bad suggestions, though they proceed from Satan, we call them our own, because they are bred in the womb of our natural corruption: stubble is blown by the wind into the fire, and being inflamed, it becomes fire. The Devil tempted David to sin; yet he calls it his sin; not Satan's, but his own; I will be sorry for my sin. However Epictetus could say, when evil happens to a man, one of the vulgar would blame others, a young Philosopher would blame himself; but one that had dived into the depth of nature, would blame neither the one, nor the other: Yet a Christian hath learned to blame himself; as knowing ⟨p. 53⟩that all his sorrows proceed from his sins.
3. The Captaine of this troublesome rout is himselfe; My thoughts. From what suggestion soever our thoughts come, wee call them our own: Whosoever begot the babe, the mother calls it her own child. Indeed, the praise and propriety of good motions we ascribe onely to God, without whom wee cannot so much as think a good thought: as the channell may gather filth of it selfe, but it cannot have a drop of pure water but from the fountain. Bad suggestions, though they proceed from Satan, we call them our own, because they are bred in the womb of our natural corruption: stubble is blown by the winde into the fire, and being inflamed, it becomes fire. The Divel tempted David to sin; yet he calls it his sin; not Satans, but his own; I will be sorry for my sinne. However Epictetus could say, when evil happens to a man, one of the vulgar would blame others, a young Philosopher would blame himself; but one that had dived into the depth of nature, would blame neither the one, nor the other: Yet a Christian hath learned to blame himselfe; as knowing ⟨p. 53⟩that all his sorrowes proceed from his sins.