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A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast,…A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast,…
A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1644 by Samuel Rutherfurd.A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1644 by Samuel Rutherfurd.
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1644
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2. The will and affection hath power to suspend the acts of, Considering of Christs excellency: 2. Sins horror: 3. Truths beauty: 4. The sweet peace of obedience to God: 5. The eternity of heaven and hell. Hos. 7. 1. The thief cometh in, and the troops of robbers spoil without, and they say not in heart, that I remember all their wickedness. The will and affections should engage and take the mind surety and obliged to consider of God and his ways: But it is here as when a merchant cometh in, and overbiddeth the customer, and causeth the seller and the customer part company. When the mind is upon this or the like: What shall the wrath or the smiles of a King do to me, when my eye-strings shall be broken? What thoughts can I have of gain, lust, pleasure, court, when worms shall make their nests in my eye-holes? In these, affections come in and divert the mind from such precious thoughts; and here be two errors in the will: First, a sort of wicked diverting of the mind from necessary truths. Secondly, a will-heresy, when faith and divinity is swallowed up in the will and affections.
2. The will and affection hath power to suspend the acts of, Considering of Christs excellency: 2. Sinnes horrour: 3. Truths beauty: 4. The sweet peace of obedience to God: 5. The eternitie of heaven and hell. Hos. 7. 1. The theefe cometh in, and the troopes of robbers spoile without, and they say not in heart, that I remember all their wickednesse. The will and affections should ingage and take the minde suretie and oblieged to consider of God and his wayes: But it is here as when a merchant cometh in, and overbiddeth the customer, and causeth the seller and the customer part company. When the minde is upon this or the like: What shall the wrath or the smiles of a King doe to mee, when my eye-strings shall bee broken? What thoughts can I have of gaine, lust, pleasure, court, when wormes shall make their nests in my eye-holes? In these, affections come in and divert the minde from such precious thoughts; and here bee two errours in the will: First, a sort of wicked diverting of the minde from necessary truths. Secondly, a will-heresie, when faith and divinity is swallowed up in the will and affections.