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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
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.
6. See that the ground be good on whi•• you g•• Sin, but not Virtue, show dislike unto. Take heed of hypocritical intentions, And quarrel not at various Apprehensions About some smaller matter, lest it breed Needless debates, and lest that filthy seed Contention, should o'er run your holy ground, And lest not Love, but Nettles there are found.1
6. See that the ground be good on whi•• you g•• Sin, but not Vertue, shew dislike unto. Take heed of hypocritical intentions, And quarrel not at various Apprehensions About some smaller matter, lest it breed Needless debates, and lest that filthy seed Contention, should o're run your holy ground, And lest not Love, but Nettles there are found.1
- 11 Cor. 1.11. Tit. 3.9. 1 Cor. 11.16. 1 Tim. •.3, 4, 5, 6.
7. You must likewise allow each man h•• grain•• For that none perfect is, sin yet remains, And humane frailties do attend the best; To bear and forbear here, will tend to rest. Vain janglings, jars, and strifes will there abound Where Moles are Mountains made, or fault i• found With every little, trivial, petty thing; This Spirit snib, or 'twill much mischief brin Into this House, and 'tis for want of love, 'Tis entertained, it is not of the Dove.