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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.
It is not so for earthly things, men are easily to be brought to believe any promise of them, As for example: If a man shall come and tell a man of a commodity, which if he would buy, and lay by him, it would in a short time yield an hundred for one, oh how ready would men be to buy such a commodity with the wise Merchant, Matth. 8. 44. they would sell all that ever they had, to buy this; oh 1that men would be thus wise for their souls.
It is not so for earthly things, men are easily to be brought to believe any promise of them, As for example: If a man shall come and tell a man of a commoditie, which if he would buy, and lay by him, it would in a short time yield an hundred for one, oh how ready would men be to buy such a commoditie with the wise Merchant, Matth. 8. 44. they would sell all that ever they had, to buy this; oh 1that men would be thus wise for their souls.
- 1Matth. 8. 44.
Beloved I tell you this day of a commodity, the best, the richest, the profitablest commodity that ever was bought, even Christ, grace and salvation for which if ⟨p. 57⟩you will but lay out your stock to buy them you shall have them, that is if you have but a desire to rest your wearied souls on Christ & to lay him up in your hearts, I tell you it will yield you an hundred for one: Christ who is the commodity himself saith, Mark 10. He that for saketh Father, 1and Mother, wife and children and life for my sake shall receive an hundred fold in this life, and everlasting life in the world to come: but men will not believe that, but time will come when you shall see it to be true, and befool your selves that you lost so precious a bargain as Christ and salvation is, for the disbursing of a little profit and pleasure, but as I said before the difference lies here, men want faith, and hence it is that they neglect the strengthening of the inward man, And are so over-burdened with losses, and crosses because they want faith. And so much for the third difference.