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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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2. Men may be said to be without God, when they are without the true worship of the true God; all the while the children of Israel had the Ark among them which was the sign of Gods presence, all that while God was among them, but when the Ark was taken God was gone too, the Lord will be with you while you are with him, while you worship God sincerely and uprightly according to his will, so long God will be with you.
2. Men may be said to be without God, when they are without the true worship of the true God; all the while the children of Israel had the Ark among them which was the signe of Gods presence, all that while God was among them, but when the Ark was taken God was gone too, the Lord will be with you while you are with him, while you worship God sincerely and uprightly according to his wil, so long God will be with you.
3. To be without God is to live without ⟨p. 236⟩true obedience to the true God, when men do so live as that the commands of God bear no sway over them, it is a sign they are without God, as in Psal. 81. 11. 1My people, saith God, would not hear my voice, and Israel would have none of me; the not obeying of Gods commands is a not having of God; thou art without God in the world oh man, unto whose conscience the sovereignty and authority of a God cannot give a check, and a control to thy lusts, to bring thee into obedience to him.
3. To be without God is to live without ⟨p. 236⟩true obedience to the true God, when men doe so live as that the commands of God bear no sway over them, it is a signe they are without God, as in