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The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a white garment held forth…The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a vvhite garment held forth…
The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a white garment held forth in a farewell sermon / preached by Mr. Joseph Caryl at Magnus, August the 17, 1662.The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a vvhite garment held forth in a farewel sermon / preached by Mr. Joseph Caryl at Magnus, August the 17, 1662.
London : s.n., 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A SERMON PREACHED BY Mr. JOSEPH CARYL, August the 17. 1662. at Magnus.
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.
1. To walk with Christ in white, it is matter of honour, white garments are matter of honour. Princes, great Kings, walk in white garments, so the saints of God shall walk in white. Christ will honour them, and give them honour among men, because they have kept their garments undefiled. They shall walk in white like great Princes, and honoured persons. A good name is better then precious ointment: they that are good indeed, they shall have a good name, they shall walk in white. To keep the conscience clean, is to keep the credit clean, and they who are careful not to blot their conversations, Christ will take care of their reputations, that they be not blotted, that they walk with me in honour.
1. To walk with Christ in white, it is matter of honor, white garments are matter of honor. Princes, great Kings, walk in white garments, so the saints of God shall walk in white. Christ will honor them, and give them honor among men, because they have kept their garments undefiled. They shall walk in white like great Princes, and honored persons. A good name is better then precious ointment: they that are good indeed, they shall have a good name, they shall walk in white. To keep the conscience clean, is to keep the credit clean, and they who are careful not to blot their conversations, Christ will take care of their reputations, that they be not blotted, that they walk with me in honor.
'Twas worthily spoken in the 11. of the Hebrews, They kept their garments undefiled, and it was by the power of faith, and they obtained a good report by faith, keeping themselves from the pollutions of the world, they kept themselves a good report This honour and good report which we get by keeping our garments undefiled, is sure: Abraham had an honourable title, Abraham, My Friend, And a man after my own heart. 43 Isaiah, verse 4. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou wast honourable; and not only so, that the people of God are honourable in his eyes, but they also sometimes walk in white, in the eyes of the men of the ⟨p. 4⟩world: he can give his people room in the opinions of men, he moves their hearts to think well of them, and he opens their mouths to speak well of them, though indeed the honour which they, who keep their garments undefiled, have in this world, it is most usually from good men, from godly men, and indeed honour of them is most honourable.