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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 82: Of Wicked mens hating the Godly, the Causes, Effects, and Properties of it.
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2. There is another kind of hatred which the ancient Schoolmen had no Name for it, but afterwards it was called Odium abominationis or offensionis; When a man is offended at, and hateth such an object that is evil, but not the person, yea, we may love him dearly; Thus the Child hateth the death of his Father Odio abominationis, but loveth his Father, yea, because he loveth him, therefore he hateth his death; Now that hatred whereby the world hateth godly men, is Odium inimicitiae, it comes from an inward irreconcilable displacency to the godly, it's terminated upon their persons, because they are such, and therefore they are said to be of the devil, representing his nature, and are the Seed of the Serpent, which hath an inbred enmity against man, so that though never so much evil should befall the Godly; Their goods spoiled, their Names blasted, yet as long as they live, and because they still are alive, the world will hate them.
2. There is another kinde of hatred which the ancient Schoolmen had no Name for it, but afterwards it was called Odium abominationis or offensionis; When a man is offended at, and hateth such an object that is evil, but not the person, yea, we may love him dearly; Thus the Childe hateth the death of his Father Odio abominationis, but loveth his Father, yea, because he loveth him, therefore he hateth his death; Now that hatred whereby the world hateth godly men, is Odium inimicitiae, it comes from an inward irreconcilable displacency to the godly, it's terminated upon their persons, because they are such, and therefore they are said to be of the devil, representing his nature, and are the Seed of the Serpent, which hath an imbred enmity against man, so that though never so much evil should befall the Godly; Their goods spoiled, their Names blasted, yet as long as they live, and because they still are alive, the world will hate them.
1Secondly, The cause of their hatred may be reduced to two Heads: 1. The contrariety that is between the nature and actions of the Godly, So that they do not love any godly man, no nor such as never had any commerce with them or meddling with them; There is an Odium naturale, which ariseth from the nature of things, Such an antipathy is often mentioned by Writers, the Serpent that is young though never hurt by any man, yet because they know them of such a stamp they cannot love them; It being natural, they cannot give any Reason, Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te: You do not love him, why did he ever weary you? Did he ever speak to you? No, but yet he cannot love him, so that as love consists in the consonancy and conveniency of the good thing loved; Thus hatred is in the dissonancy and contrariety of that to us which we hate.