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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 Consider that it is an immortal soul; thy Inward 1man is of a different original from thy outward, why do ⟨p. 48⟩you eat meat that perisheth in the use of it? that is, why do you dote upon the outward man that perisheth in the using, that will stand you in no stead if you keep it, and why do you not rather labour for the meat which perisheth not? that is, why do you not labour to get this strength of the Inward man which is of an immortal substance, that will never fail nor perish in the use; as for example; you have built a temple here, which is in it self a good work, but I say except you build also in your selves the Temple of the Inward man, all your labour, all you pains, all your cost, is but lost labour, that is will perish, and stand you in no stead when you should need it, and the whole scope of the scripture is to this end, to show you the vanity of earthly things, that you should not set your affections upon them because they perish in the use.
Fourthly Consider that it is an immortal soul; thy Inward 1man is of a different original from thy outward, why do ⟨p. 48⟩you eat meat that perisheth in the use of it? that is, why do you dote upon the outward man that perisheth in the using, that will stand you in no stead if you keep it, and why do you not rather labor for the meat which perisheth not? that is, why do you not labour to get this strength of the Inward man which is of an immortal substance, that will never faile nor perish in the use; as for example; you have built a temple here, which is in it self a good work, but I say except you build also in your selves the Temple of the Inward man, all your labour, all you pains, all your cost, is but lost labour, that is will perish, and stand you in no stead when you should need it, and the whole scope of the scripture is to this end, to shew you the vanity of earthly things, that you should not set your affections upon them because they perish in the use.
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