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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.
Doctr. That every man during the time of his unregeneracy, is in a condition without Jesus Christ.
My Beloved, if I should tell you now that when you come home, you should have never a bit of bread to put in your mouths, that all your subsistence and livelihood should be taken away, that you should be heirs of never a foot of Land, and that you should have nothing at all to live upon, you would count this a hard case, but I tell you my Brethren, that to be without Jesus Christ is a far worse case, it is the saddest and miserablest thing in the world to be without Jesus Christ: when I tell you, that you are without Christ, I ⟨p. 18⟩tell you the saddest News in the World; but before I can bring home this Doctrine to you, there is one Objection and one Question, that I must spend a little time in answering, the Objection is this:
My Beloved, if I should tell you now that when you come home, you should have never a bit of bread to put in your mouths, that all your subsistence and livelihood should be taken away, that you should be heirs of never a foot of Land, and that you should have nothing at all to live upon, you would count this a hard case, but I tel you my Brethren, that to be without Jesus Christ is a far worse case, it is the saddest and miserablest thing in the world to be without Jesus Christ: when I tell you, that you are without Christ, I ⟨p. 18⟩tell you the saddest News in the World; but before I can bring home this Doctrine to you, there is one Objection and one Question, that I must spend a little time in answering, the Objection is this:
Object. Object. How can it be said of these Ephesians here that were elected, that before their conversion they were without Jesus Christ, for they were chosen of God in Christ