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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.
This is the positive and affirmative part of the offence, and it is of an high nature. For a Christian that believes the immortality of his Soul, to seek his own bodily promotion and interest, and to neglect the profit and comfort of his eternal Soul: For a Christian that is elected and called to things heavenly and everlasting, to seek only after things earthly, and temporary, this is a sin of the superlative degree.
This is the positive and affirmative part of the offence, and it is of an high nature. For a Christian that believes the immortality of his Soule, to seek his owne bodily promotion and interest, and to neglect the profit and comfort of his eternall Soule: For a Christian that is elected and called to things heavenly and everlasting, to seek onely after things earthly, and temporary, this is a sinne of the superlative degree.
And it will appear the greater, if we consider,
And it will appeare the greater, if we consider,
2. The Negative branch of the offence, And not the things of Jesus Christ. The things of Jesus Christ are the things of the Church of Christ, which are therefore called the things of Christ,