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Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and…
Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed for Robert Dawlman, 1653
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You shall find in experience men who seem to be of weak spirits, of softly tempers, very remiss in what they do ordinarily, yet let the lusts of these men be engaged in any cause, to any side, O how violent and impetuous will they be! they care not what they say or do, they will divide from God, from the public, from their dearest friends, from their nearest relations, from what themselves have made profession of heretofore, from their credit, profit, from their own peace, from any thing, and all to serve a lust engaged in such a business; it is a dangerous thing to have a mans lust engaged, nothing can stand against an engaged lust, a man runs on head-long, he will break his conscience, he will desperately endanger his eternal breaking, to maintain the engagement of his lust.
You shall find in experience men who seem to be of weake spirits, of softly tempers, very remisse in what they do ordinarily, yet let the lusts of these men be engaged in any cause, to any side, O how violent and impetuous will they be! they care not what they say or do, they will divide from God, from the publique, from their dearest friends, from their neerest relations, from what themselves have made profession of heretofore, from their credit, profit, from their own peace, from any thing, and all to serve a lust engaged in such a businesse; it is a dangerous thing to have a mans lust engaged, nothing can stand against an engaged lust, a man runs on head-long, he will break his conscience, he will desperately endanger his eternall breaking, to maintain the engagement of his lust.
7ly. In the lusts of mens hearts there is an antipathy against God, against his ways, purity of his Ordinances, his Saints. Gen. 3. 15. I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed.
7ly. In the lusts of mens hearts there is an antipathy against God, against his wayes, purity of his Ordinances, his Saints.