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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
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3. Without Christ, thou are likewise without worth, though thou art the son of a Noble, and of the off-spring of Princes, that canst lay claim to thousands and ten thousands per annum, yet without Christ thou art poor, and wretched, and miserable, and blind, and naked, Rev. 3. 17. For it 1is Christ alone that is the repository and storehouse of all wisdom and knowledge, and all the treasures of it are bound up in him.
3. Without Christ, thou are likewise without worth, though thou art the son of a Noble, and of the off-spring of Princes, that canst lay claim to thousands and ten thousands per annum, yet without Christ thou art poor, and wretched, and miserable, and blinde, and naked, Rev. 3. 17. For it 1is Christ alone that is the repository and storehouse of all wisdom and knowledge, and all the treasures of it are bound up in him.
4. Without Christ you are without comfort: this is a deplorable misery, a man without Christ, is without comfort. As that would be an uncomfortable dwelling, where the Sun should not shine by day, nor the Moon by night: even so would thy soul be very disconsolate, if Christ did not shine in upon thy heart, the comforts of a child of God does either ebb or flow, as Christ either comes to him, or goes from him.
4. Without Christ you are without comfort: this is a deplorable misery, a man without Christ, is without comfort. As that would be an uncomfortable dwelling, where the Sun should not shine by day, nor the Moon by night: even so would thy soul be very disconsolate, if Christ did not shine in upon thy heart, the comforts of a child of God does either ebbe or flow, as Christ either comes to him, or goes from him.