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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.
3. That man is a beggarly man that hath no money in his purse; why so, though your purses be full of Gold, yet if your hearts be not full of Grace, you are very beggarly men, Luk 16. 11. Grace is only the true riches; all the durable riches are bound up in Christ.
3. That man is a beggerly man that hath no money in his purse; why so, though your purses be full of Gold, yet if your hearts be not full of Grace, you are very beggerly men, Luk 16. 11. Grace is only the true riches; all the durable riches are bound up in Christ.
4. And lastly, he is a beggarly man, that hath not a house to put his head in, that is destitute of a house to lodge in, and a bed to lie on; why so, thou that hast no interest in Christ, when thy days are expired and death comes, thou knowest not what to do, nor whither to go, thou canst not say with the godly man that when death takes thee hence thou shalt ⟨p. 28⟩be received into everlasting habitations, you cannot say […] Christ is gone before to prepare a place for thee in heaven: So that in these four particulars you see, that a Christless man is a very beggarly man, having neither food for his body, nor clothes for his back, nor money in his purse, nor a house to put his head in, unless it be in a dungeon of darkness, with Devils and damned spirits.
4. And lastly, he is a beggerly man, that hath not a house to put his head in, that is destitute of a house to lodge in, and a bed to lie on; why so, thou that hast no interest in Christ, when thy dayes are expired and death comes, thou knowest not what to do, nor whither to go, thou canst not say with the godly man that when death takes thee hence thou shalt ⟨p. 28⟩be received into everlasting habitations, you cannot say 〈…〉 Christ is gone before to prepare a place for thee in heaven: So that in these four particulars you see, that a Christlesse man is a very beggerly man, having neither food for his body, nor cloathes for his back, nor money in his purse, nor a house to put his head in, unlesse it be in a dungeon of darknesse, with Devils and damned spirits.