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A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is
A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is, by pregnant texts of Scripture vindicated from false glosses / by Anthony Burgess.
London : s.n., 1658
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.
HEB. 12. 1. And the Sin which doth so easily beset us.
HEB. 12. 1. And the Sinne which doth so easily beset us.
The Apostle from those several Examples of many Worthies recorded in the former Chapter, which he calls, A Cloud of Witnesses, partly for the multitude of them, and partly for Direction; As the Israelites had a Cloud to guide them in the wilderness, doth infer a conclusion by way of Encouragement, to go on constantly in the way of Christianity; which he doth here, as in other places, compare to a running in the race. This similitude showeth the Difficulty in the race, the Earnestness, the Fortitude and Patience that ought to be in such who will be saved. What an antidote should the meditation of this expression, be against all dullness, slothfulness and negligence, whose life is like a running in a race to Heaven: Now the Apostle following this Metaphor, exhorts to lay aside all those burdens that may hinder us in this work: It would be […] in him, who is to run a race, to put burdens upon his back, and lay as many heavy weights upon himself, as he can; No less absurd are they, who give way to sin in the lusts thereof, and yet hope to arrive at Heaven.
THe Apostle from those several Examples of many Worthies recorded in the former Chapter, which he cals, A Cloud of Witnesses, partly for the multitude of them, and partly for Direction; As the Israelites had a Cloud to guide them in the wilderderness, doth inferre a conclusion by way of Incouragement, to go on constantly in the way of Christianity; which he doth here, as in other places, compare to a running in the race. This similitude sheweth the Difficulty in the race, the Earnestness, the Fortitude and Patience that ought to be in such who will be saved. What an antidote should the meditation of this expression, be against all dulness, slothfulness and negligence, whose life is like a running in a race to Heaven: Now the Apostle following this Metaphor, exhorts to lay aside all those burdens that may hinder us in this work: It would be in him, who is to runne a race, to put burdens upon his back, and lay as many heavy weights upon himself, as he can; No lesse absurd are they, who give way to sinne in the lusts thereof, and yet hope to arrive at Heaven.