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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.
God commands that all heresies should be resisted, therefore there must be no removing of some, and admitting 1of other, that God hath commanded so, Jer. 15. 19. when Jeremiah went on in such a course that the people began to contend with him, he being weary of their clamours began to turn unto them, nay saith God let them return to thee, but return not thou to them, and good reason that a string out of tune, should be set to that in tune, and not the other set out to that. And therefore it was an excellent answer of a man to some that were better States men then Church men, That Religion was of a stiff nature it would break, not bend, there must be no coming half way in religion. Now when God commits a thing to us we must do it thoroughly. One example we have in Moses, who, when God bad him take all away, he would not leave a hoof: so that if there ⟨p. 279⟩be but the husks of heresy to cover it they must not be left; no not so much as that which may cover the feet of heresy. For then we do detractare mandato, detract from Gods Commandment: and especially they that sweep Gods house they must not suffer cob-webs to be in it, least they breed spiders and they new cob-webs, and so the Church become as defiled as ever it was.
God commands that all heresies should be resisted, therefore there must be no removing of some, and admitting 1of other, that God hath commanded so, Ier. 15. 19. when Ieremy went on in such a course that the people began to contend with him, he being weary of their clamors began to turn unto them, nay saith God let them return to thee, but return not thou to them, and good reason that a string out of tune, should be set to that in tune, and not the other set out to that. And therefore it was an excellent answer of a man to some that were better States men then Church men, That Religion was of a stiff nature it would break, not bend, there must be no coming half way in religion. Now when God commits a thing to us we must do it thoroughly. One example we have in Moses, who, when God bad him take all away, he would not leave a hoof: so that if there