A34165:798
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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4. Take heed you be not Hypocritical Christians, i.e. take heed you do not receive the Truth, and only the Truth, and not receive the Truth in the love of that Truth, Thess. 3.10. You have received the Truth, but have you received the Truth in the love of that Truth which you have received? want of this, is that damnable occasion to Popery; And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received not the love of the Truth, that they might be saved, &c. It is just with God that they should fall into errors, whose hearts did never love real Truths; better never received the Truth, then to receive it, and not in the love of it.
4. Take heed you be not Hypocritical Christians, i.e. take heed you do not receive the Truth, and onely the Truth, and not receive the Truth in the love of that Truth, Thess. 3.10. You have received the Truth, but have you received the Truth in the love of that Truth which you have received? want of this, is that damnable occasion to Popery; And with all deceiveableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received not the love of the Truth, that they might be saved, &c. It is just with God that they should fall into errors, whose hearts did never love real Truths; better never received the Truth, then to receive it, and not in the love of it.
5. Take heed of being venturous and God-tempting Christians; What is that? when do I tempt God? I tempt God when I run into a Pest-house, and say, God will preserve me from the Plague. Take heed of running upon temptations to sin, whether it be in principles or in practice. I could tell you of two Spiritual Pest-houses in England, if I had time; for principles one, and for practice another: I do not say that I mean Play-houses, on the one hand, or Mass-houses on the other hand. Certainly Brethren, I read of Julian, that wicked bloody Apostate, that he sunk into that his Apostasy first, by going to hear Libanius preach, mistake me not, I am not against your going to hear the Ministers of Christ, for a man may be a true Minister, though he be a bad man; all the World can never answer the instance of Judas, who was a true Minister, though a bad man; while I plead for the truth of his Ministry, I do not spread a skirt over the wickedness of his life. The Scribes and Pharisees set in Moses chair, hear them.