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Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and…
Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. hearing of the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the second of the seven volumes lately published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. hearing of the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the second of the seven volumns lately published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1653
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.
It's true, There where wicked men among them, but they were enjoined by the Apostle to cast out those wicked men, and if they did not do it, it was there sin, and they were defiled by it.
It's true, There where wicked men among them, but they were enjoyned by the Apostle to cast out those wicked men, and if they did not do it, it was there sin, and they were defiled by it.
And for Tares that were among the Wheat, take it that this is meant concerning the Church, suppose it where (and yet Christ saith plainly that the field is the world, and it's the godly and ⟨p. 239⟩the wicked living together in the world, and so I find many Interpreters take it but howsoever take it that it is meant of the Church-communion, yet thus far is clear that it was through the fault of the Officers that there should be any Tares among the Wheat; for so the text saith plainly, that while the servants slept there did Tares spring up; therefore there should have been none.
And for Tares that were among the Wheat, take it that this is meant concerning the Church, suppose it where (and yet Christ saith plainly that the field is the world, and it's the godly and ⟨p. 239⟩the wicked living together in the world, and so I find many Interpreters take it but howsoever take it that it is meant of the Church-communion, yet thus far is cleer that it was through the fault of the Officers that there should be any Tares among the Wheat; for so the text saith plainly, that while the servants slept there did Tares spring up; therefore there should have been none.