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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. They are not Worth owning, they are vain and empty, empty of reality, and Soul-satisfaction, they are vanishing & perishing, like houses made of Snow or wax, and not only so, but they are also vexing and tormenting, according to what is said by one that had full and ample experience of them, Eccles. 2. 2, 17, 26.
2. They are not Worth owning, they are vain and empty, empty of reality, and Soul-satisfaction, they are vanishing & perishing, like houses made of Snow or waxe, and not only so, but they are also vexing and tormenting, according to what is said by one that had full and ample experience of them, Eccles. 2. 2, 17, 26.
2. Consider the excellency of the things of Jesus Christ which you so much neglect & undervalue. The truths of Christ, the Ordinances, Day, Ministry, and Government of Christ, the Preservation, Propagation, and Reformation of Religion: These are Glorious and Excellent things in their own Nature, and so far exceeding your own things which you so greedily labour after, that they are not worthy to be named that day in which we speak of the things of Christ. I want time to set out the transcendent Glory and Excellency of Gospel concernments, and the vanity, emptiness, and nothingness of all our own Earthly enjoyments. Only let me desire you to take notice;
2. Consider the excellency of the things of Jesus Christ which you so much neglect & undervalue. The truths of Christ, the Ordinances, Day, Ministry, and Government of Christ, the Preservaon, Propagation, and Reformation of Religion: These are Glorious and Excellent things in their own Nature, and so far exceeding your own things which you so greedily labour after, that they are not worthy to be named that day in which we speak of the things of Christ. I want time to set out the transcendent Glory and Excellency of Gospel concernments, and the vanity, emptinesse, and nothingnesse of all our own Earthly enjoyments. Onely let me desire you to take notice;