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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
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.
Answ. The hearts of all the sons of men are desperately wicked and deceitful above all things, man is a proud creature and apt to have proud and high conceits of himself, and therefore I shall give you five distinguishing characters, whereby you may know whether your hopes for heaven be true, and well grounded hopes, or no.
Answ. The hearts of all the sons of men are desperately wicked and deceitfull above all things, man is a proud creature and apt to have proud and high conceits of himself, and therefore I shall give you five distinguishing characters, whereby you may know whether your hopes for heaven be true, and well grounded hopes, or no.
1. That man that nourisheth in his heart great hopes for heaven, and yet at the same time fosters and favours great lusts and sins in himself, that man hath no true hopes for heaven. I shall give you a clear place to prove this, Deut. 29. 15. And it 1come to pass when he heareth the words of this curse, if he shall bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace though I walk after the imaginations of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst, &c. The Lord will not spare such a man, but the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man: and so in Isaiah 57. 20. says the Prophet 2there, Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy wicked ways, yet saidst thou not, There is no hope, it is a very strange place, as if the Prophet should say to them, you walk in a great course of sin and wickedness, and yet you flatter you selves, you will not say there is no hope for you, you that do nourish great sins and wickedness in your ⟨p. 176⟩bosoms, and allow your selves in the practise of great sins, you should say, there is no hope for you to go to heaven, for God does here charge it upon you, that notwithstanding you walk on in ways of sin, yet you say not, there is no hope; but are rather very confident you shall go to heaven for all that; and so in