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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
And lastly from this opposition, every man seeks his own things and not the things of Jesus Christ; there is this third conclusion, that for the most part our own things, and the things that tend to Jesus Christ and his advantage, they are contrary and opposite one to the other: for our natures are contrary, there is an enmity between Christ and us, that which we do for Christ must needs be contrary to our selves, that which is for the advantage of Christ, for the most part is for our disadvantage. And the reason is I say because of the contrariety between our natures and the nature of Jesus Christ and his ways. Now we will begin with the first, that1
And lastly from this opposition, every man seekes his owne things and not the things of Jesus Christ; there is this third conclusion, that for the most part our owne things, and the things that tend to Jesus Christ and his advantage, they are contrary and opposite one to the other: for our natures are contrary, there is an enmity between Christ and us, that which we do for Christ must needs be contrary to our selves, that which is for the advantage of Christ, for the most part is for our disadvantage. And the reason is I say because of the contrariety between our natures and the nature of Jesus Christ and his wayes. Now we will begin with the first, that1
- 1Doct. It is the duty of every man to seek the things of Jesus Christ.
It is the duty of every man not to seek his own things, but the things of Jesus Christ.
It is the duty of every man not to seeke his owne things, but the things of Iesus Christ.