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The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians…The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians…
The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians privilege in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramental approaches, danger if he do not sanctify God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians priviledge in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramentall approaches, danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for A. Kembe, 1644
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.
Reason. Reas. 6 6. To declare his hatred against sin: God hates all sin; and the nearer a sin comes to God, the more he hates it. Now this ⟨p. 143⟩is near him, you dishonour his Name; his Ordinances are precious, they are his name; and therefore God will not hold such guiltless, &c. Thus you see I have showed you, that God will sanctify himself upon all those who do not sanctify him in an ordinance: And I have showed you the grounds & reasons of it; now to application.
Reason. Reas. 6 6. To declare his hatred against sin: God hates all sin; and the neerer a sin comes to God, the more he hates it. Now this ⟨p. 143⟩is neer him, you dishonour his Name; his Ordinances are precious, they are his name; and therfore God will not hold such guiltless, &c. Thus you see I have shewed you, that God will sanctifie himself upon al those who do not sanctifie him in an ordinance: And I have shewed you the grounds & reasons of it; now to application.
Use 1. Oh! then take heed thou who art a profane person, a swearer, a drunkard, and forbear, lest God make this true of thee this day, and raise his glory out of thy ruins. Thou wilt not be warned by the word, look for works; thou whom the examples of others will not make to beware, take heed, lest God do here make thee an example. It was the third Captain's wisdom in the 2 Kings 1.13, 14. who, when he saw God's visible judgements upon the two former Captains, he ⟨p. 144⟩takes warning thereby, and avoids their sins; so you that are profane, when you see and hear what God hath threatened against profaners of this Ordinance; and what fearful judgements God hath executed upon all unworthy receivers, which are all Christless, all graceless persons; Oh! beware of coming hither in thy sins. God's Word is true; As what he promiseth is sure to come to pass; so what ever he threatens. And though he prolong and defer the time of execution, yet your damnation sleepeth not, as Peter saith,