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Two sermons preached at Thurlow in Suffolk on those words, Rom. 6.13 "Yield your…
Two sermons preached at Thurlow in Suffolk on those words, Rom. 6.13 "Yield your selves to God" / by J.H. ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1688
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.
What will become of you if you cannot obey this Law? This World will shortly be at an end, and you must, 'tis like, leave it sooner; you are undone, if your hearts be not beforehand ⟨p. 34⟩so framed as that you can savour and take complacency in a better and higher Good. You will shortly have nothing left you but himself; you will be plucked away from your Houses, and Lands, and Friends, and all your outward comforts; and now in what a case are you, if you can take no pleasure or satisfaction in God! You are therefore to yield up your self to him in full union, as with your most grateful and delectable Good; with this sense possessing your Soul,1 Whom have I in Heaven but thee? or whom on Earth can I desire besides thee?
What will become of you if you cannot obey this Law? This World will shortly be at an end, and you must, 'tis like, leave it sooner; you are undone, if your hearts be not beforehand ⟨p. 34⟩so framed as that you can savour and take complacency in a better and higher Good. You will shortly have nothing left you but himself; you will be pluckt away from your Houses, and Lands, and Friends, and all your outward comforts; and now in what a case are you, if you can take no pleasure or satisfaction in God! You are therefore to yield up your self to him in full union, as with your most grateful and delectable Good; with this sense possessing your Soul,1 Whom have I in Heaven but thee? or whom on Earth can I desire besides thee?
And thus you are to look upon God in your yielding your selves to him.