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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.
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.
The 2d cause of hatred is Ignorance, when men know not that Excellency and worth which is in such persons, and the just cause of love, which if we did we should quickly lay aside our hatred, and truly in a great measure the world hateth because of their ignorance; They know not what Godliness is, nor what godly men are; They know not their lives, their aims, their ends, but judge of them as hypocrites, proud, and minding only self-ends, and therefore their hatred increaseth; Thus the Apostle saith, If they had known what Christ was, they would never have crucified him, 1 Cor. 2.8. and so they are said, to speak evil of the things they know not, Jude 10. Dost thou then rail and deride at godly men, It's thy blindness and folly, Thou knowest not their close walking with God; Thou understandest not the heavenly privileges they enjoy; Thou dost not conceive of their humiliation for their infirmities, judging themselves before God worse then thou canst judge them; Oh if thy eyes were open, thou wouldst say, these are the Servants of the most high God; Oh that my latter end might be like one of theirs, and of such men the world is not worthy.
The 2d cause of hatred is Ignorance, when men know not that Excellency and worth which is in such persons, and the just cause of love, which if we did we should quickly lay aside our hatred, and truly in a great measure the world hateth because of their ignorance; They know not what Godlinesse is, nor what godly men are; They know not their lives, their aims, their ends, but judge of them as hypocrites, proud, and minding only self-ends, and therefore their hatred encreaseth; Thus the Apostle saith, If they had known what Christ was, they would never have crucified him, 1 Cor. 2.8. and so they are said, to speak evil of the things they know not, Jude 10. Dost thou then rail and deride at godly men, It's thy blindenesse and folly, Thou knowest not their close walking with God; Thou understandest not the heavenly priviledges they enjoy; Thou dost not conceive of their humiliation for their infirmities, judging themselves before God worse then thou canst judge them; Oh if thy eyes were open, thou wouldst say, these are the Servants of the most high God; Oh that my latter end might be like one of theirs, and of such men the world is not worthy.