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…

1. The great sin of England, I may truly say the sin, that is the Father and Mother of all her other sins, the Metropolis of all sin, and that is, Her seeking her own things, and not the things of Jesus Christ.

1. The great sinne of England, I may truly say the sinne, that is the Father and Mother of all her other sinnes, the Metropolis of all sinne, and that is, Her seeking her owne things, and not the things of Iesus Christ.

2. The great and chief cause of all the miseries and calamities that have happened to this nation. The Source and Original of all our unhappiness, Because all men seek themselves, and no man the things of Christ.

2. The great and chiefe cause of all the miseries and calamities that have hapned to this nation. The Source and Originall of all our unhappinesse, Because all men seek themselves, and no man the things of Christ.

3. The only way and remedy to be freed from all our miseries and afflictions, and that is, by walking quite contrary to the text. By seeking the things of Jesus Christ, before our own things, and more then our own things, and by seeking them heartily, throughly, zealously and sincerely; this is the only balm to cure Englands soars, the only England-preserving mercy. For these three ends and purposes, I have chosen this text; The Doctrine I shall insist upon is,

3. The onely way and remedy to be freed from all our miseries and afflictions, and that is, by walking quite contrary to the text. By seeking the things of Iesus Christ, before our owne things, and more then our owne things, and by seeking them heartily, throughly, zealously and sincerely; this is the only balme to cure Englands soars, the onely England-preserving mercy. For these three ends and purposes, I have chosen this text; The Doctrine I shall insist upon is,