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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. 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 Psal. 81. 11. 1My people, saith God, would not hear my voyce, 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 soveraignty and authority of a God cannot give a check, and a controll to thy lusts, to bring thee into obedience to him.
4. To be without God in the world, is to be without a peculiar interest and propriety in God as your God, when you cannot say that God is your Father.