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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 83: The Application of the fore-going Observation, both to the Godly and the Wicked, tendin…
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Thirdly, Consider hereby thou hurtest thy self, and not them; As the dog that bites the stone for rage, or a man that shoots an arrow at a brazen wall, and that recoileth back, and kills the Archer; thy hatred, thy cursings will fall back upon thy head; It's not the godly man only, but thy self and thy own soul thou hatest; See whether those many curses and miseries thou hast, be not the fruit of thy hatred, thou art a tormentor and troubler to thy self; Though Achan troubled Israel, yet he troubled himself and his own house also.
Thirdly, Consider hereby thou hurtest thy self, and not them; As the dog that bites the stone for rage, or a man that shoots an arrow at a brazen wall, and that recoileth back, and kils the Archer; thy hatred, thy cursings will fall back upon thy head; It's not the godly man only, but thy self and thy own soul thou hatest; See whether those many curses and miseries thou hast, be not the fruit of thy hatred, thou art a tormentor and troubler to thy self; Though Achan troubled Israel, yet he troubled himself and his own house also.
Fourthly, Remember that it's a devilish thing, thou art more wicked then a ⟨p. 434⟩man useth to be; Not to obey or yield thy self up to godliness is a grievous sin, but to oppose is a devilish thing; Thou dost the work of the devil if he were incarnate, he would speak and do as thou dost.
Fourthly, Remember that it's a devilish thing, thou art more wicked then a ⟨p. 434⟩man useth to be; Not to obey or yeeld thy self up to godlinesse is a grievous sin, but to oppose is a devilish thing; Thou dost the work of the devil if he were incarnate, he would speak and do as thou dost.