A60427:153
Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in…Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in…
Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by H. Smith, sometime preacher at St. Clement Danes.Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by H. Smith, sometime preacher at St. Clement Danes.
London: printed by J. Wallis, 1688
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.
They are distinguished in Obedience: therefore Christ teacheth 1us to judge men by their fruit, as an unfallible Rule: for the evil. Tree will bring forth evil Fruit, and the good Tree good Fruit, and neither change his property, although the evil Fruit is sometimes beautiful, and the good Fruit sometime blasted. All slip, but in the wicked one Sin teacheth another, and in the faithful one Sin preventeth another.
They are distinguished in Repentance: for the wicked do but weep for their Sins past, but the godly purpose to sin no more: so Pharaoh, Saul, and Judas said, I have sinned: but Shadrach, 1Meshech, and Abednego said, We will not sin: therefore the Heart of the godly is called a contrite Heart, but the Heart of the wicked is called a Heart that cannot repent. Beside, as Christ cast out a Legion of Devils at once, so the godly would be purged for all their Sins together; but the wicked never consent to leave all, but as Naaman said, Let the Lord spare me in this, so ever he excepteth one Sin, which is his beloved Sin; like Herod, which reformed many things, and yet would not leave his Brother's Wife.2
They are distinguished in Repentance: for the wicked do but weep for their Sins past, but the godly purpose to sin no more: so Pharaoh, Saul, and Judas said, I have sinned: but Sadrach, 1Meshech, and Abednego said, We will not sin: therefore the Heart of the godly is called a contrite Heart, but the Heart of the wicked is called a Heart that cannot repent. Beside, as Christ cast out a Legion of Divels at once, so the godly would be purged for all their Sins together; but the wicked never consent to leave all, but as Naaman said, Let the Lord spare me in this, so ever he excepteth one Sin, which is his beloved Sin; like Herod, which reformed many things, and yet would not leave his Brother's Wife.