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A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast…A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast…
A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast Wednesday, March 27, 1644 by George Gillespie.A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast Wednesday, March 27, 1644 by George Gillespie.
London: printed by Robert Bostock, 1644
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.
The Doctrine is this, Reformation ends not in contemplation, 1but in action: The pattern of the house of God is set before us to the end, it may be followed; and the ordinances thereof to the end they may be obeyed: pGive me understanding, saith David, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart: qIf ye know these things, saith Christ, happy are ye if ye do them: The point is plain, and needeth no proof but application.
The Doctrine is this, Reformation ends not in contemplation, 1but in action: The pattern of the house of God is set before us to the end, it may be followed; and the ordinances thereof to the end they may be obeyed: pGive me understanding, saith David, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart: qIf yee know these things, saith Christ, happy are yee if yee doe them: The point is plaine, and needeth no proofe but application.
- 1We must put in practise what is revealed concerning the pattern.
- pPsal. 119. 34.
- qJoh. 13. 17.Ioh. 13. 17.