A47454:156
The counterfeit Christian, or, The danger of hypocrisy opened in two sermons
The counterfeit Christian, or, The danger of hypocrisy opened in two sermons : containing an exposition of that parabolical speech of our Blessed Saviour, Matth. XII, 43, 44, 45 ... / by Benjamin Keach ...
London : Printed and are sold by John Pike ... and by the author ..., 1691
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.
It may also put us all upon a strict Examination of our own Hearts,1 lest we should be found some of these false and counterfeit Christians. And that we may clear our selves in this matter; Consider,
- 1Examinat.
1. Were you ever throughly convinced of your sinful and lost Condition by Nature,1 and of that horrid Evil there is in Sin? Did you ever see Sin as the greatest Evil, most hateful to God, not only of the evil Effects of Sin, but also of the evil Nature of Sin, not only as it has made a Breach between God and Man, but has also defaced the Image of God in Man, and made us like the Devil,2 filling our Minds with Enmity against God, Godliness, and good Men.
- 1Sincerity described.
- 2Rom. 8. 7.
2. Is there no secret Sin lived in and favoured, the evil Habit never being broke? Is not the World more in your Affections, Desires, and Thoughts, than Jesus Christ?