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A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey…
A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemn and public humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edinburgh.A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edenburgh.
London: printed by F. Neile for Robert Bostock, 1646
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1Thirdly, Thus it must be, to set the higher value upon Christ, and upon the lot of Gods children. Will I offer burnt-offerings to the Lord my God, saith David, of that which doth cost me nothing? And shall our lines fall to us in pleasant places? Or shall we have a goodly heritage, which doth cost us nothing? How should the preciousness of the Saints portion be known, if we lose nothing that is dear to us, to come by it? Phil. 3.7. What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Matth. 13.44, 45, 46. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in a field, the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof, goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man seeking goodly pearls, who when he had found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 2Jacobs family must give away all the strange gods, and all their ear-rings also, before they get leave to build an Altar unto the Lord at Bethel. Abraham must get him out of his country, and from his kindred, if he will come unto the land which the Lord will show him. Moses must forsake the Court of Egypt, if he will take him to the heritage of Jacob his father. The disciples must leave ships, nets, fathers, and all, if they will follow Christ. And as they who come in sight of the South-pole, lose fight of the North-pole: So when we follow-Christ, we must resolve to forsake somewhat else, yea, even that which is dearest to us.
1Thirdly, Thus it must be, to set the higher value upon Christ, and upon the lot of Gods children. Will I offer burnt-offerings to the Lord my God, saith David, of that which doth cost me nothing? And shall our lines fall to us in pleasant places? Or shall we have a goodly heritage, which doth cost us nothing? How should the preciousnesse of the Saints portion be known, if we lose nothing that is dear to us, to come by it? Phil. 3.7. What things were gain to me, those I counted losse for Christ.