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The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in…The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in…
The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in Easter week, 12 April 1658, before the lord major, &c., by Edw. Reynolds.The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in Easter week, 12 April 1658, before the lord major, &c., by Edw. Reynolds.
London: printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 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.
Fifthly, For the credit of our Reformed Religion, that the mouths of adversaries may be stopped, who falsely charge us with preaching, and you with professing a naked, empty, fruitless Faith. We preach St. Pauls Faith, a Faith which works by love; remembering your work of Faith. We preach 1St. Peters Faith, a Faith which hath virtue, and knowledge, and temperance, and patience, and godliness, and brotherly kindness, and charity added unto it. And we tell you with him, That if these things ⟨p. 42⟩be lacking, you are blind; and your knowledge is worth nothing, so long as it is barren and unfruitful. We preach St. James his Faith, a Faith which hath works, which may be showed, which 2visiteth the Fatherless and Widows in their afflictions: Abraham's Faith that hath a bosom for poor Lazarus, Rahabs Faith which had an Harbour for endangered Strangers. We preach St. Judes 3Faith, a most holy Faith, a Faith delivered to the Saints; such a Faith, as he who indeed hath it, is not a Cloud without Water, nor a Tree without Fruit. We preach St. Johns Faith, to believe on 4the Name of Christ, and to love one another; and to show this love by opening our Bowels of Compassion to our needy Brother, and loving him not in Word only, but in Deed and Truth. We tell 5you, if you trust in the Lord, you must do good: If you believe either the truth, or the terrors, or the promises of God, you must not withhold the poor from their desire, nor cause the eye of the Widow to fail. This is the Faith we preach, this the Charge we give: We tell you, without this, your Faith is Hypocritical, your Religion vain, your Hope delusion, and all your Expectation but as a Spiders Web.
Fifthly, For the credit of our Reformed Religion, that the mouths of adversaries may be stopped, who falsly charge us with preaching, and you with professing a naked, empty, fruitless Faith. We preach St. Pauls Faith, a Faith which works by love; remembring your work of Faith. We preach