A26903:224
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
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.
3. They aggravate their guilt by their nearness to God in their Office, and Works, as Aaron's two Sons that were struck dead, Lev. 10.2, 3. For God will be sanctified in them, that come nigh him, and before all the people he will be glorified. The examples of the Beth-shemites, Uzza, Uzziah, the bad Priests and False Prophets of old are terrible.
3. They aggravate their guilt by their nearness to God in their Office, and Works, as Aarons two Sons that were struck dead, Lev. 10.2, 3. For God will be sanctifyed in them, that come nigh him, and before all the people he will be glorifyed. The examples of the Beth-shemites, Vzza, Vzziah, the bad Priests and False Prophets of old are terrible.
4. And it greatly addeth to the guilt to do all this or much of it as in the Name of God, or by his Commission. This is a dreadful taking of Gods Name in vain, for which he will not hold them guiltless. To pretend, that it is by Gods command, that they set up that which he abhorreth; that they corrupt his Doctrine, or Worship, or Church Order that they set up their own wills and sinful Laws instead of and against his Laws; that they tear his Church by proud Impositions, and wicked Anathema's, and Interdicts of whole Kingdoms, Excommunicating and Deposing Kings, Absolving men from their Oaths of Allegiance, Tormenting and Murdering Godly men as Heretics, Silencing Faithful Ministers, Smiting the Shepherds and scattering the Flocks, and then reviling them as Schismatics, and all this to uphold a worldly Kingdom of their own, and keep up their Pride, Domination and self-will, and to have Riches for provision for fleshly Lusts; I say to do all this as in the Name of Christ, with a sic dicit Dominus, and as for the Church and Truth, and Souls, is a most heinous aggravation.
4. And it greatly addeth to the guilt to do all this or much of it as in the Name of God, or by his Commission. This is a dreadful taking of Gods Name in vain, for which he will not hold them guiltless. To pretend, that it is by Gods command, that they set up that which he abhorreth; that they corrupt his Doctrine, or Worship, or Church Order that they set up their own wills and sinful Laws instead of and against his Laws; that they tear his Church by proud Impositions, and wicked Anathema's, and Interdicts of whole Kingdoms, Excommunicating and Deposing Kings, Absolving men from their Oaths of Allegiance, Tormenting and Murdering Godly men as Hereticks, Silencing Faithful Ministers, Smiting the Shepherds and scattering the Flocks, and then reviling them as Schismaticks, and all this to uphold a worldly Kingdom of their own, and keep up their Pride, Domination and self-will, and to have Riches for provision for fleshly Lusts; I say to do all this as in the Name of Christ, with a sic dicit Dominus, and as for the Church and Truth, and Souls, is a most heynous aggravation.