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The crucifying of the world
The crucifying of the world by the cross of Christ with a preface to the nobles, gentlemen, and all the rich, directing them how they may be richer / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R. W. for Nevill Simmons, 1658
The Crucifying of the world, BY The Cross of CHRIST. › Part 1 › Section 17 › Subsection
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.
and to salve the Prophesies, they do believe that the Messiah did come about ⟨p. 102⟩Christs incarnation, but is somewhere •id with Enoch and Elijah, and will appear when the Jews do mend their lives and are worthy of him. Thus a worldly carnal mind that blindly admireth worldly things, and favoureth not the things of the Spirit, nor discerneth the excellency of the Heavenly riches, doth make them to be open Infidels, and make the Turks adore their Mahomet, and makes the nominal bastard Christian to set so light by the true Riches of the Gospel, and only to honour the name of Christ: for they cannot receive the things of God, because they are Spiritually discerned, 1 Cor. 2. 14. Were not you worldlings, you would discern more matter for your admiration, reverence and love in the poorest heavenly minded man, then in the greatest Prince on earth that is ungodly. But you have the Faith of Jesus Christ the Lord of Glory with respect of persons. For if there come into your Assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; you have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say to him, sit thou here in a good place: and say to the poor, stand thou there; despising the poor, and committing sin by respect of persons, as if you believed not that God had chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him, Jam. 2. 1. to the 10.
and to salve the Prophesies, they do believe that the Messiah did come about ⟨p. 102⟩Christs incarnation, but is somewhere •id with Henoch and Elias, and will appear when the Jews do mend their lives and are worthy of him. Thus a worldly carnal mind that blindly admireth worldly things, and favoureth not the things of the Spirit, nor discerneth the excellency of the Hevenly riches, doth make them to be open Infidels, and make the Turks adore their Mahomet, and makes the nominall bastard Christian to set so light by the true Riches of the Gospel, and only to honour the name of Christ: for they cannot receive the things of God, because they are Spiritually discerned,