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The difficulty of and the encouragements to a reformation a sermon preached before the…
The difficulty of and the encouragements to a reformation a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at the public fast, Septem. 27, 1643 / by Mr. Anthony Burges ...The difficulty of and the encouragements to a reformation a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at the publick fast, Septem. 27, 1643 / by Mr. Anthony Burges ...
London: printed by R. Bishop for Thomas Underhill, 1643London: printed by R. Bishop for Thomas Vnderhill, 1643
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2. He will be holy and spiritual in his conversation; for such as those rules are, such will he be: The Scriptures are called holy, not only because the matter of them is holy, and the efficient Author of ⟨p. 15⟩them holy, but because the end and effect of them is to make us holy; They will not only make orthodox in judgment, but right in affections and conversations also; Hence it is that there is as little holiness in the lives of the Papists, as there is sound faith in their judgements: and how can it be otherwise, seeing the Church of Rome hath dealt with the people of God, as if a man would commit a Ship into the Sea without Pilot, Compass, or Sails, and so venture it into the Ocean? And this Scripture holiness doth as far surpass that which people call piety, as the Sun doth the glow-worm.
2. He will be holy and spirituall in his conversation; for such as those rules are, such will he be: The Scriptures are called holy, not onely because the matter of them is holy, and the efficient Author of ⟨p. 15⟩them holy, but because the end and effect of them is to make us holy; They will not onely make orthodox in judgment, but right in affections and conversations also; Hence it is that there is as little holinesse in the lifes of the Papists, as there is sound faith in their judgements: and how can it be otherwise, seeing the Church of Rome hath dealt with the people of God, as if a man would commit a Ship into the Sea without Pilot, Compasse, or Sailes, and so venture it into the Ocean? And this Scripture holinesse doth as farre surpasse that which people call piety, as the Sun doth the glow-worme.
3. This will bring peace and security to him, and to the Kingdom that receives it: As many as walk according to this rule, peace unto them, Gal. 6. 16. Ignorant and profane people cry out, it is this crying for Scripture so much, that makes all this trouble; but see the contrary, 2 Chron. 5. 35. When there was no teaching Priest, nor the Law in Israel, then there was trouble to him that went in and went out: Again,