A55305:227
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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. The first Link is Macula peccati, the Stain of Sin; this is the filth of the Chain, a brand of deformity on the naked Captive God is the beauty of Holiness, and there is no turning from him without a Blot: God is a Sun of infinite light, and there is no holding up our hands against him without casting a dark shadow on our faces. Every Sin is a filthiness; If it be a brutish lust, 'tis [Greek or Hebrew], filthiness of flesh; if a spiritual wickedness, 'tis [Greek or Hebrew], filthiness of spirit, as the Apostle distinguisheth, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Nay, that which is filthiness of flesh in the external commission of the Act, is yet filthiness of spirit in the internal commaculation of the Soul. The wicked cast out mire and dirt, and the more they cast out in the transient Acts of Sin, the more there is within in the abiding spot of it. When the Act of Sin is passed and gone, the Spot and Stain thereof stays behind, and denominates us [Greek or Hebrew], children of disobedience.
1. The first Link is Macula peccati, the Stain of Sin; this is the filth of the Chain, a brand of deformity on the naked Captive God is the beauty of Holiness, and there is no turning from him without a Blot: God is a Sun of infinite light, and there is no holding up our hands against him without casting a dark shadow on our faces. Every Sin is a filthiness; If it be a brutish lust, 'tis 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, filthiness of flesh; if a spiritual wickedness, 'tis 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, filthiness of spirit, as the Apostle distinguisheth, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Nay, that which is filthiness of flesh in the external commission of the Act, is yet filthiness of spirit in the internal commaculation of the Soul. The wicked cast out mire and dirt, and the more they cast out in the transient Acts of Sin, the more there is within in the abiding spot of it. When the Act of Sin is passed and gone, the Spot and Stain thereof stays behind, and denominates us 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, children of disobedience.