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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermon 88: The Heavenly man much improved by much considering that he is not of this world.
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.
Fifthly, He that Considers he is not of this world, 1his Heavenly-mindedness is discovered, in that though he be in the midst of all these businesses, yet he labours to keep his heart holy and fervent; His Shop doth not dead his heart, his worldly affairs do not dull the Edge of his Spirit, but he can delight in God, call him Father, be fervent and effectual in Duties: Not but that the most Heavenly man which is finds and complaineth of much deadness and dullness: They can be affected with worldly things but not Heavenly, only they are sensible and complain of this dead heart; That as they mourn over a dead Friend, a dead Child, so they do over a dead heart, only herein they strive and labour, that no worldly thing may any whit abate their Affections to God, That they may cry out, and say, O Lord, how gladly would I be enjoying of thee, but that this world will not let me; Truly these strivings and resistings of the world do very much argue thy spiritual and heavenly heart.
Fifthly, He that Considers he is not of this world, 1his Heavenly-mindednesse is discovered, in that though he be in the midst of all these businesses, yet he labours to keep his heart holy and fervent; His Shop doth not dead his heart, his worldly affairs do not dull the Edge of his Spirit, but he can delight in God, call him Father, be fervent and effectuall in Duties: Not but that the most Heavenly man which is findes and complaineth of much deadnesse and dullnesse: They can be affected with worldly things but not Heavenly, onely they are sensible and complain of this dead heart; That as they mourn over a dead Friend, a dead Childe, so they do over a dead heart, onely herein they strive and labour, that no worldly thing may any whit abate their Affections to God, That they may cry out, and say, O Lord, how gladly would I be enjoying of thee, but that this world will not let me; Truly these strivings and resistings of the world do very much argue thy spiritual and heavenly heart.
- 15. Labours to keep his heart holy in the midst of earthly business.5. Labours to keep his heart holy in the midst of earthly businesse.