A34165:1269
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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Tenthly and lastly, Take heed you be not found professors of the Gospel only. Christ, when he was preaching to a throng of people (as I am here this day) said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is Hypocrisy. Oh, that I had no cause to say, the leaven of the Pharisees is among you! I mean that there are many here that are but bare Professors! let me ask you that are only Professors this one question; Is Religion good, or bad? If it be not good, what is the reason thou art not ashamed to profess it? if it be good, what is the reason thou dost but profess it? By thy bare professing, thou losest the love of Man; by no more than professing, thou canst never gain the love of God; so that on all sides thou art like to be miserable: The World will hate thee for being so good, and God will hate thee for being no better. What a sad thing is it, that thou losest thy comforts in this life, by professing so much; and thy comforts in the life to come, by no more than professing? Thus you have heard what I have to say by way of Caution: I shall now speak to you by way of Counsel. The former ten were Negative, these shall be Positive.
Tenthly and lastly, Take heed you be not found professors of the Gospel only. Christ, when he was preaching to a throng of people (as I am here this day) said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is Hypocrisie. Oh, that I had no cause to say, the leaven of the Pharisees is among you! I mean that there are many here that are but bare Professors! let me ask you that are only Professors this one question; Is Religion good, or bad? If it be not good, what is the reason thou art not ashamed to profess it? if it be good, what is the reason thou dost but profess it? By thy bare professing, thou losest the love of Man; by no more than professing, thou canst never gain the love of God; so that on all sides thou art like to be miserable: The World will hate thee for being so good, and God will hate thee for being no better. What a sad thing is it, that thou losest thy comforts in this life, by professing so much; and thy comforts in the life to come, by no more than professing? Thus you have heard what I have to say by way of Caution: I shall now speak to you by way of Counsel. The former ten were Negative, these shall be Positive.