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The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace
The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the sovereignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace containing something of the nature of the covenant of works, the soveraignty of God, the extent of the death of Christ ... the covenant of grace ... of surety or redemption between the by Samuel Rutherford ...
Edinburgh: printed by Andro Anderson for Robert Brown, 1655
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.
Q. Why are we more ashamed of an unclean lustful heart, then of a proud heart? Ans. A proud heart is deeper guiltiness, and nearer to Satan's nature;1 And pride and unbelief are sins more reproachful to God, and encroach more upon his Throne, but there is more flesh in us then Spirit, and we think that there is more of a beast in uncleanness.
Q. Why are we more ashamed of an unclean lustfull heart, then of a proud heart? Ans. A proud heart is deeper guiltinesse, and nearer to Satans nature;1 And pride and unbeleef are sins more reproachfull to God, and incroach more upon his Throne, but there is more flesh in us then Spirit, and we think that there is more of a beast in uncleannesse.
- 1Why we are more ashamed of uncleanness and falsehood, thē of pride.Why we are more ashamed of uncleannes and falshood, thē of pride.
Quest. But we are more ashamed of lying, falsehood, and stealing, then of pride? Ans. There's more of being ashamed before men, it being a carnal sort of passion, then of being ashamed before God, and falsehood and lying to men are fleshly evils against common honesty, but pride is a more Angel-sin, or a more God-like sin, a spiritual sin, and pride is a sort of heart-heresy, by which we judge but blindly, we have reason to ascend and climb aloft to ⟨p. 149⟩Gods room, Gen. 3.5, 6. Isai. 14.13. because of knowledge, parts, power.