A60427:163
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 Opinions of Death: for the faithful 1long to be dissolved, and although they might live for ever in continual Prosperity, yet they would not stay so long out of Heaven: but the wicked would never be dissolved, because Death comes always unto them like a Jailer to hale unto Prison, as Ahab said to Michaiah, That he never prophesied good to 2him. Hereby a man shall know whether he have Faith: for if he do believe the Promises, he will be glad to receive them.
They are distinguished in their Opinions of Death: for the faithful 1long to be dissolved, and although they might live for ever in continual Prosperity, yet they would not stay so long out of Heaven: but the wicked would never be dissolved, because Death comes always unto them like a Jaylor to hale unto Prison, as Achab said to Michaiah, That he never prophesied good to 2him. Hereby a man shall know whether he have Faith: for if he do believe the Promises, he wi•l be glad to receive them.
They are distinguished in their sense of Sin: wicked men feel the loathsomeness of their Vices, but none but the faithful feel the defects of their Righteousness. The natural man never complaineth of his good works, but vaunteth of them: but a godly man findeth fault with his Prayers, and his Alms, and his