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Heavens treasury opened in a fruitful exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the…Heavens treasvry opened in a fruitfull exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the…
Heavens treasury opened in a fruitful exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the principal grounds of Christian religion briefly unfolded / by Tho. Hooker.Heavens treasvry opened in a fruitfull exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the principal grounds of Christian religion briefly unfolded / by Tho. Hooker.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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. The acts of the heart are two, whereby it sets forth the glory of God. 1. In all services: a man should not be quiet in his affections & endeavours till he come to the highest pitch, that is Gods glory: All Actions are in the way one towards another, as a pair of stairs, one goes from another and above the other, a man should go higher and higher till God his glory mounts and surmounts them all: as a Minister first studies to teach the people that they may be informed, but why informed? that they may appear to be Christs, that Gods grace may appear ⟨p. 42⟩in their conversation, the soul never rests till it be here. This should be our desire, that in all our actions God may be discovered to be the Author and to have the honour of all.
A. The acts of the heart are two, whereby it sets forth the glory of God. 1. In all services: a man should not bee quiet in his affections & endeavours till he come to the highest pitch, that is Gods glory: All Actions are in the way one towards another, as a paire of staires, one goes from another and above the other, a man should goe higher and higher til God his glory mounts and surmounts them all: as a Minister first studies to teach the people that they may be enformed, but why enformed? that they may appeare to bee Christs, that Gods grace may appeare ⟨p. 42⟩in their conversation, the soule never rests till it be here. This should bee our desire, that in all our actions God may bee discovered to bee the Authour and to have the honour of all.
2. The soul must be sure not to go beyond Gods glory, as thus; a Minister preacheth, that the people may be converted and be honoured as well as God: this is to be above God; a man prays to honour God, and that it may be known he is a glorious professor, thus a man is above God, as a bird steps from one bough to another, till it comes to the highest, and ⟨p. 43⟩