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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.
Fourthly, if a mans life come in competition (as oft times it doth) now to neglect it, to do as Saint Paul did, my life is not dear to me, that is, I do not reckon it as a matter of any worth when it comes in competition with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Lastly, when the doing of any business for the Church and our own business comes together, now to do as Saint Paul did, 1 Cor. 9. with watchings, and painfulness, with 1hunger, and thirst, and cold, and nakedness did I serve God and wait upon the Churches. This taking pains so the Church is the thing that Timothy is commended for that he did not seek his own things, that is, he was not careful to further his own matters, but was willing to suspend ⟨p. 382⟩them in serving the Church. This is not to seek a mans own things, but the things that are Jesus Christs. But this I name to you but in brief, that I might pitch you upon the particulars, wherein a man is not to seek his own things, but the things of Jesus Christ.
Lastly, when the doing of any business for the Church and our own business comes together, now to do as Saint Paul did, 1 Cor. 9. with watchings, and painfulness, with 1hunger, and thirst, and cold, and nakedness did I serve God and wait upon the Churches. This taking paines so the Church is the thing that Timothy is commended for that he did not seek his own things, that is, he was not careful to further his own matters, but was willing to suspend ⟨p. 382⟩them in serving the Church. This is not to seek a mans own things, but the things that are Jesus Christs. But this I name to you but in brief, that I might pitch you upon the particulars, wherein a man is not to seek his own things, but the things of Iesus Christ.