A57152:29
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.
Servants then we are, and accordingly must in humility, in meekness, in condescension, stoop to men of the lowest degree; the very Angels of Heaven do so, they are [Greek or Hebrew], Ministering spirits, Heb. 1. 14.
Servants then we are, and accordingly must in humility, in meekness, in condescension, stoop to men of the lowest degree; the very Angels of Heaven do so, they are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Ministring spirits, Heb. 1. 14.
But you must consider we are Servants to your ⟨p. 6⟩Sculls, not to your Wills, much less to your Lusts: So Servants to you, as that we must give account of our service to a greater Lord, who gives us Authority and Power, as well as Ministry and Service, Tit. 2. 15. And therefore in the delivery of his Message, we may not so be the Servants of Men, as to captivate the truth of God, and make his Spirit bend and comply with their Lusts, I Cor. 7. 23. Gal. 1. 10.
But you must consider we are Servants to your ⟨p. 6⟩Sculs, not to your Wills, much less to your Lusts: So Servants to you, as that we must give accompt of our service to a greater Lord, who gives us Authority and Power, as well as Ministery and Service, Tit. 2. 15. And therefore in the delivery of his Message, we may not so be the Servants of Men, as to captivate the truth of God, and make his Spirit bend and comply with their Lusts,