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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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2. If thou mournest more for personal miseries, than for the desolations of Zion, it is a sign thou mindest thine own things more than the things of Christ, this is a frame of spirit, quite opposite to true Saintship. Ezra, Nehemiah, David, Daniel and Jeremiah, were more afflicted with the miseries of the Church then their own.
2. If thou mournest more for personall miseries, than for the desolations of Sion, it is a signe thou mindest thine owne things more than the things of Christ, this is a frame of spirit, quite opposite to true Saintship. Ezra, Nehemiah, David, Daniel and Ieremiah, were more afflicted with the miseries of the Church then their owne.
3. If the seeking of thine own things take away thy courage for Christ and his cause, and make thee come to Christ by ⟨p. 24⟩night, as Nicodemus did, and the more thou hast of the world, the less thou appearest for Christ and his Gospel; the more honours, the more fearful: If the preserving of thine own things make thee betray the things of Christ by sinful silence, or base cowardice, this is a sign thou preferrest thine own interest before the interest of Christ.
3. If the seeking of thine own things take away thy courage for Christ and his cause, and make thee come to Christ by ⟨p. 24⟩night, as Nichodemus did, and the more thou hast of the world, the lesse thou appearest for Christ and his Gospel; the more honours, the more fearfull: If the preserving of thine owne things make thee betray the things of Christ by sinfull silence, or base cowardise, this is a sign thou preferrest thine own interest before the interest of Christ.