A57160:65
A sermon preached in St. Paul's before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor
A sermon preached in St. Paul's before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor by Dr. Edward Reynolds, late Lord Bishop of Norwich.
London: printed by J.M. for John Martyn, 1678
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.
If Cain sacrifice to God, and hate his Brother; if Doeg be detained before the Lord, and have a violent spirit against David; if the Pharisees make long prayers, and then devour Widows Houses; If Israel hear the Prophet and admire the Sermon, and run still after their covetousness; if the people inquire of God, and set up idols in their hearts; if they cry ⟨p. 16⟩The Temple, the Temple, and in the mean time swear, and murder, and commit adultery; if Judas kiss, and then betray him; if the Soldiers bow the knee, and then crucify him; if the eye look to Heaven, and the Soul cleave to the Earth; if the knee bow to the earth, and the heart lift it self against Heaven; if there be a tender body and a stubborn spirit; if the tongue flatter God, and the Conscience despise him; if a man cherish a Schism within himself, have the outside for God, and the inside for lust: I will not say as Achilles in the Poet, [Greek or Hebrew], but I will say as Christ in the Gospel, Go learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice.
If Cain sacrifice to God, and hate his Brother; if Doeg be detained before the Lord, and have a violent spirit against David; if the Pharisees make long prayers, and then devour Widows Houses; If Israel hear the Prophet and admire the Sermon, and run still after their covetousness; if the people inquire of God, and set up idols in their hearts; if they cry ⟨p. 16⟩The Temple, the Temple, and in the mean time swear, and murther, and commit adultery; if Iudas kiss, and then betray him; if the Souldiers bow the knee, and then crucify him; if the eye look to Heaven, and the Soul cleave to the Earth; if the knee bow to the earth, and the heart lift it self against Heaven; if there be a tender body and a stubborn spirit; if the tongue flatter God, and the Conscience despise him; if a man cherish a Schism within himself, have the outside for God, and the inside for lust: I will not say as Achilles in the Poet, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but I will say as Christ in the Gospel, Go learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice.