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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.
That man who seeks his eternal good more than his temporal; 1who seeks not only to make himself happy for forty or fifty years, but for ever and ever; This man seeks himself after a divine manner. For what will it profit a man to be happy for a few years in this life, and to be miserable for ever in hell hereafter; How quickly will a man in hell forget the happiness he had here? He that makes provision to live pleasurably and comfortably while he lives, but makes no provision to live happily when he dyes, this man may seem to love himself for a minute, but sure I am he hates himself to all eternity. He that layeth up treasure for himself upon earth, but none in heaven, may be accounted rich in this world, which will quickly end, but he will be poor world without end. Such a self-hater was Dives, Luc. 16. and the rich fool, Luc. 12. and such are all they that lay up treasure for themselves, but are not rich towards God, Luc. 12. 21. He is a divine self-seeker, who labours to live holily here, that he may live happily hereafter; to live graciously here, that he may inherit eternal glory hereafter.
That man who seeks his eternall good more than his temporall; 1who seeks not onely to make himselfe happy for forty or fifty years, but for ever and ever; This man seeks himselfe after a divine manner. For what will it profit a man to be happy for a few years in this life, and to be miserable for ever in hell hereafter; How quickly will a man in hell forget the happinesse he had here? He that makes provision to live pleasurably and comfortably while he lives, but makes no provision to live happily when he dyes, this man may seeme to love himselfe for a minute, but sure I am he hates himselfe to all eternity. He that layeth up treasure for himselfe upon earth, but none in heaven, may be accounted rich in this world, which will quickly end, but he will be poore world without end. Such a selfe-hater was Dives, Luc. 16. and the rich foole,