A49262:93
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.
2 Bad men rage and are violent in ways of wickedness: Wicked men are as swift as dromedaries in the ways of sin, and wilt thou be as a dull ass in the service of God? shall a man run fast in a way of sin to destroy his soul, and will you but creep in the ways of God to save your soul? shall wicked men run post to hell, and wilt thou but creep slowly to heaven? Shall a man make speed to the place of execution, and wilt thou but move slowly towards a crown and throne? shall wicked men not be ashamed to show their rage in a sinful course, and shall godly men be ashamed to be zealous in the ways of God? Jer. 8. 6. ⟨p. 32⟩1They turn to their course as the horse rusheth 2into the battle, Jer. 9. 5. They weary themselves to commit iniquity, will not you do as much for God as they do for Satan?
2 Bad men rage and are violent in wayes of wickednesse: Wicked men are as swift as dromedaries in the wayes of sin, and wilt thou be as a dull asse in the service of God? shall a man run fast in a way of sin to destroy his soul, and will you but creep in the wayes of God to save your soul? shall wicked men run post to hell, and wilt thou but creep slowly to heaven? Shall a man make speed to the place of execution, and wilt thou but move slowly towards a crown and throne? shall wicked men not be ashamed to shew their rage in a sinfull course, and shall godly men be ashamed to be zealous in the wayes of God? Jer. 8. 6. ⟨p. 32⟩1They turn to their course as the horse rusheth 2into the battel, Jer. 9. 5. They weary themselves to commit iniquity, will not you do as much for God as they do for Satan?