A34689:1668
A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…
A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first Epistle general of John by ... John Cotton ...A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first Epistle generall of John by ... John Cotton ...
London: printed by M.S. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1658
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.
A. Either when it is set on wrong objects, or in excessive measure, or to a wrong end, and these the Scripture aims at; if the eye be set on wrong objects, this the Scripture calls, an hasty eye, that have it he will, per fas nefasque Prov. 28.22 23. a man of an evil eye hastes to be rich, never staying on Gods Providence, such was Achans lust, and Ahab's after Naboths Vine-yard, he made hast to obtain it; so a man makes haste when he pursues some gain not lawfully, but by Simony, or Sacrilege, or Bribery, or Deceit, Isa. 33.16. so that a man looks at his gain, and not at God, Quaerenda pecunia primum est, Virtus post nummos, so that a man hastes so much after wealth that he cannot stay Sermons or Prayers, he must follow his gain, and he will have it by hook or by crook; this lust is against Piety, because our love to God should make us affect nothing but what we may lawfully enjoy, and in subordination to his will, and to employ it to his service.
A. Either when it is set on wrong objects, or in excessive measure, or to a wrong end, and these the Scripture aims at; if the eye be set on wrong objects, this the Scripture calls, an hastie eye, that have it he will, per fas nefasque Prov. 28.22 23. a man of an evil eye hasts to be rich, never staying on Gods Providence, such was Achans lust, and Ahabs after Naboths Vine-yard, he made hast to obtain it; so a man makes haste when he pursues some gain not lawfully, but by Symony, or Sacriledge, or Bribery, or Deceit, Isa. 33.16. so that a man looks at his gain, and not at God, Quaerenda pecunia primum est, Virtus post nummos, so that a man hastes so much after wealth that he cannot stay Sermons or Prayers, he must follow his gain, and he will have it by hook or by crook; this lust is against Piety, because our love to God should make us affect nothing but what we may lawfully enjoy, and in subordination to his will, and to imploy it to his service.