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The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and…The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and…
The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and blessed self-seeking : in a sermon preached at Pauls the 10. of December, 1654 / by Edm. Calamy, B.D. ...The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and blessed selfe-seeking : in a sermon preached at Pauls the 10. of December, 1654 / by Edm. Calamy, B.D. ...
London: printed by J.G. for Nath. Webb and Will. Grantham, 1655
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.
1. To make a show of Religion.
1. To make a shew of Religion.
2. To cover over all manner of wickedness under the show of Religion; Ungodliness is so odious, that if it should appear in its own colours, all men would abhor it; and therefore as the Devil never showeth himself but under some handsome form, sometimes under Samuel's mantle, sometimes transformed into an Angel of light; so doth sin and iniquity always appear under the form of godliness. The Apostle tells 2 Tim. 3. 5. that in the last times there should be men, who should be lovers of themselves, treacherous, heady, high-minded, without natural affection, &c. having a form of godliness; which last words are to be understood [Greek or Hebrew] as relating to all the former sins. They should be Covenant-breakers, having a form of godliness, covetous, false accusers, blasphemous self-lovers, having a form of godliness. They should (through the Hypocrisy that is in them) cover all their sins under the visor of a form of godliness.
2. To cover over all manner of wickedness under the shew of Religion; Ungodlinesse is so odious, that if it should appeare in its own colours, all men would abhorre it; and therefore as the Devill never sheweth himself but under some handsome form, sometimes under Samuels mantle, sometimes transformed into an Angel of light; so doth sin and iniquity alwaies appeare under the form of godlinesse. The Apostle tells 2 Tim. 3. 5. that in the last times there should be men, who should be lovers of themselves, treacherous, heady, high-minded, without naturall affection, &c. having a form of godlinesse; which last words are to be understood 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 as relating to all the former sins. They should be Covenant-breakers, having a form of godlinesse, covetous, false accusrs, blasphemous self-lovers, having a form of godlinesse. They should (through the Hypocisie that is in them) cover all their sins under the vizard of a form of godlinesse.