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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
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4. It is a sin against the royal law of Charity. Charity is a most noble grace, the very queen of all graces; it is as necessary as it is excellent For though we bestow all we have to feed the poor, though we give our bodies to be burnt, yet if we have not Charity, it profiteth us nothing. But now a self-seeker is made up all of uncharitableness.
4. It is a sin against the royall law of Charity. Charity is a most noble grace, the very queen of all graces; it is as necessary as it is excellent For though we bestow all we have to feed the poore, thou•h we give our bodies to be burnt, yet if we have not Charity, it profiteth us nothing. But now a self-seeker is made up all of uncharitablenesse.
1. He hath no love unto Jesus Christ & his interest, and there is a double curse pronounced against those that love not the Lord Jesus, 1 Cor. 16. 22.
2. He hath no love to his Neighbour, but for his own ends; it is amor concupiscentiae vel amicitiae, it is not love, but merchandise.
2. He hath no love to his Neighbour, but for his owne ends; it is amor concupiscentiae vel amicitiae, it is not love, but merchandize.