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The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before…The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before…
The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemn day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody design tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemne day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody designe tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by G.M. for Christopher Meredith, 1643
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.
He that would serve God so as to please him must mingle 10.1 Ingredients in his service. And indeed this very act of Joshua in choosing such a master as Jehovah, and in choosing to stand under such a relation as a servant unto Jehovah doth necessarily imply.
He that would serve God so as to please him must mingle 10.1 Ingredients in his service. And indeed this very act of Ioshuah in choosing such a master as Iehovah, and in choosing to stand under such a relation as a servant unto Iehovah doth necessarily imply.
- 1Answ. 1.
First, That Joshua did not only choose to serve God, but to serve him undividedly, to serve God and none but God. For in all Elections those whom we do not choose we refuse. And therefore Joshua's choosing to serve the Lord doth imply, that he did refuse all other Lords and masters. This is plain in the beginning of this verse. And ⟨p. 7⟩if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, choose ye this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods, &c. As if he should have said. Ye cannot serve the God of the Israelites, and the god of the Amorites together. Ye cannot serve God and Idols. No man saith Christ can serve two Masters, &c.
First, That Ioshuah did not onely choose to serve God, but to serve him undividedly, to serve God and none but God. For in all Elections those whom we do not choose we refuse. And therefore Ioshua's choosing to serve the Lord doth imply, that he did refuse all other Lords and masters. This is plaine in the beginning of this verse. And ⟨p. 7⟩