A55752:857
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 profitable therefore in reading of the word, to join with it such disjunctions as these which follow, either it is the word or it is not, if it be, then it is true or not true. If true, then infallible, for so it is if it be the Word of God, and thus ought we to build on it, and guide our course of life by it, Prov. 12. 13. if that were considered, viz. That none should be established by wickedness; then men would not get goods, by inordinately and by unlawful means, nor in an indirect manner, if that 1 Cor. ⟨p. 294⟩6. 9. were considered, that no fornicators nor adulterers, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, if this I say were believed and applied in particular, men would not continue in it, nor rest tell they were washed and sanctified, if threatenings in the word were throughly believed, they would make us fear, if the promises were believed, they would make us rejoice, if the commandments were believed, they would make us obey.
It is profitable therefore in reading of the word, to joyn with it such disjunctions as these which follow, either it is the word or it is not, if it be, then it is true or not true. If true, then infallible, for so it is if it be the Word of God, and thus ought we to build on it, and guide our course of life by it, Prov. 12. 13. if that were considered, viz. That none should be established by wickedness; then men would not get goods, by inordinately and by unlawful means, nor in an indirect manner, if that 1 Cor. ⟨p. 294⟩6. 9. were considered, that no fornicators nor adulterers, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, if this I say were believed and applyed in particular, men would not continue in it, nor rest tell they were washed and sanctified, if threatnings in the word were throughly believed, they would make us fear, if the promises were believed, they would make us rejoyce, if the commandements were believed, they would make us obey.