A32052:1456
Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver…
Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver being a collection of divine sentences / written and delivered by those late reverend and eminent ministers of the gospel, Mr. Edmund Calamy, Mr. Joseph Caryl, Mr. Ralph Venning, Mr. James Janeway.
London : s.n., 1674
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.
Sin is contrary to the good of man; it is a separation betwixt God and man.
The Commandment of which sin is a transgression was given not only for God's sake, that he might have glory from man's Obedience; but for man's sake, that man might enjoy the good and benefit of his Obedience.
The Commandment of which sin is a transgression was given not onely for God's sake, that he might have glory from man's Obedience; but for man's sake, that man might enjoy the good and benefit of his Obedience.
These two were twisted together, and no sooner is the Law transgressed, but God and Man are joint-sufferers; God in his Glory, and Man in his Good.
These two were twisted together, and no sooner is the Law transgrest, but God and Man are joynt-sufferers; God in his Glory, and Man in his Good.
Man's suffering follows at the heels of sin; yea, as he suffers by, so in sinning: suffering and sinning involve each other.