A30577:281
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at…
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughs.The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1643
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 reason of all is, because their spirits are raised above creature-comforts, their happiness consists not in them, they are not beholding to them for their peace and joy, they can find matter of joy in the parting with them, as well as in the having them, through that divine principle of holiness that God hath put into them.
The reason of all is, because their spirits are raised above creature-comforts, their happinesse consists not in them, they are not beholding to them for their peace and joy, they can finde matter of joy in the parting with them, as well as in the having them, through that divine principle of holinesse that God hath put into them.
8. A spirit of true courage hath all its fears swallowed up in the fear of God; it hath learned to fear §8nothing but God; and in order to God, it sets the fear of God against all other fears. One man fears poverty, but I fear the God of heaven; another fears reproach, but I fear the God of heaven; another imprisonment, but I fear the God of heaven; another death, but I the God of heaven: It sanctifies this Lord of Hosts, and makes him to be the fear and the dread of it only. Cornelius the Soldier, the Centurion of the Italian band, is commended for his fear of God, Act. 10. 2. a strange commendation of a soldier to be commended for fear, yes, for the fear of God: This ⟨p. 103⟩drives out all base fears; by this he comes to fear nothing else, but to be feared by his enemies.
8. A spirit of true courage hath all its fears swallowed up in the fear of God; it hath learned to feare §8nothing but God; and in order to God, it sets the fear of God against all other fears. One man fears poverty, but I fear the God of heaven; another fears reproach, but I fear the God of heaven; another imprisonment, but I fear the God of heaven; another death, but I the God of heaven: It sanctifies this Lord of Hosts, and makes him to be the fear and the dread of it onely. Cornelius the Souldier, the Centurion of the Italian band, is commended for his feare of God,