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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.
Again, if a mans credit come in competition with any thing that tends to the advancement of Christ, now to be content to be despised, to be content to be trampled on, that Christ may have glory, this is, not to seek a mans self but the things of Christ. So you see St. Paul was content to pass through evil report, and good report. And Moses was content not to be accounted the Son of Pharaohs Daughter. And David was content to be spoken against of great men, and to be the song of the drunkards, Psalm. 31. 13.1
Thirdly, if a mans case, and quietness, or convenience, his Wife, or Children, or all that he hath shall come in competition with standing for the truth. Now to contend earnestly for the faith once given to the Saints, and to let all these things go, this is to seek the things of Jesus Christ. So did Paul, he was content to be hated of his own country men the Jews, to be driven from City to City, and from Country to Country. So did Saint Chrysostom in Constantinople, when the faction of the Arians prevailed, when it came in competition, whether he would renounce his Bishopric, or subscribe to the Arian Heresy, he was content rather to part with all he had, then to submit to any sinful compliance.
Thirdly, if a mans case, and quietness, or convenience, his Wife, or Children, or all that he hath shall come in competition with standing for the truth. Now to contend earnestly for the faith once given to the Saints, and to let all these things go, this is to seek the things of Jesus Christ. So did Paul, he was content to be hated of his own countrey men the Jewes, to be driven from City to City, and from Countrey to Countrey. So did Saint Chrysostom in Constantinople, when the faction of the Arians prevailed, when it came in competition, whether he would renounce his Bishoprick, or subscribe to the Arian Heresie, he was content rather to part with all he had, then to submit to any sinful complyance.