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The zealous Christian taking heavenThe zealovs Christian taking heaven
The zealous Christian taking heaven by holy violence in several sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...The zealovs Christian taking heaven by holy violence in severall sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...
London: printed by R. and W. Leybourn for John Rothwell, 1653
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.
1 People do more question the office, and calling of the Ministry now then they did question Johns. Matth. 21. 26.—All men hold John as a Prophet. The reason why Pauls Ministry was ineffectual to many Corinthians was this; because they questioned his calling, and therefore he labours to vindicate his Apostolical authority all along the Epistle. This doth take off that awe and majesty that should be in men to the Word. As on the contrary, the reason why the Ministry of Paul was so effectual to the Thessalonians, was this: Because when they received the Word of God, they received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) as the Word of God, which effectually worketh in them that believe, 1 Thess. 2. 13. 1I know that some question the lawfulness of our Ministry upon this ground, because miracles do not attend our preaching, as they did at the first promulgation of the Gospel. But this is no just reason, and (that I may remove this obstacle of the success of the Gospel) I shall by the way briefly disprove it.2
1 People do more question the office, and calling of the Ministery now then they did question Johns. Matth. 21. 26.—All men hold John as a Prophet. The reason why Pauls Ministery was ineffectuall to many Corinihians was this; because they questioned his calling, and therefore he labours to vindicate his Apostolicall authority all along the Epistle. This doth take off that awe and majesty that should be in men to the Word. As on the contrary, the reason why the Ministery of Paul was so effectuall to the Thessalonians, was this: Because when they received the Word of God, they received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) as the Word of God, which effectually worketh in them that believe, 1 Thess. 2. 13. 1I know that some question the lawfulnesse of our Ministery upon this ground, because miracles do not attend our preaching, as they did at the first promulgation of the Gospel. But this is no just reason, and (that I may remove this obstacle of the successe of the Gospel) I shall by the way briefly disprove it.