A60427:160
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 their Judgement of the Word: for to the wicked it seemeth the hardest, and simplest, and unpleasantest 1Book that is: and therefore St. Paul saith, That it is foolishness 2unto them: but to the godly it seemeth the wisest, and cloquentest, and sweetest and easiest Book of all others, as though God did suddenly bring the understanding of it to them, as Jacob said of his Venison: according to that, He that will do his will 3shall know his Doctrine.
- 111.
- 21 Cor. 1. 18.
- 3Gen. 27. 20. Joh. 7. 17.
They are distinguished in their Judgement of God: the wicked 1are persuaded now and then of God's Mercy for the present time while they feel it, as the Jews praised him always, when he did 2as they would have him; but they cannot persuade themselves that God will be merciful to them still, like Job, which said, 3Though the Lord Kill me, yet will I trust in him: therefore the hope of the righteous is called hope in death. Beside, if the wicked love God, it is but for his benefits, as Saul loved him for his Kingdom. And this is always to be noted, that in the wicked, the fear of Hell is greater than is their hope of Heaven: but in the