A60427:164
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 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 1Watches, like Isaiah, that said, his Righteousness was like a menstruous Cloath. As Christ met the Temper in the Wilderness, a place of Prayer, and Fasting, and Meditation: so a godly man meeteth the Tempter in his Prayer, and in his Fasts, and in his Meditations, that is, he finds some let, or spot, or want in all his Devotions. Therefore unless thy Righteousness mislike thee as well as thy Profaneness, know that yet thou art no farther than the wicked.
They are distinguished in their sence of Sin: wicked men feel the lothsomness 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 1Watches, like Isaiah, that said, his Righteousness was like a menstruous Cloath. As Christ met the Temper in the Wilderness, a place of Prayer, and Fasting, and Meditation: so a godly man meeteth the Tempter in his Prayer, and in his Fasts, and in his Meditations, that is, he finds some let, or spot, or want in all his Devotions. Therefore unless thy Righteousness mislike thee as well as thy Prophaneness, know that yet thou art no farther than the wicked.
They are distinguished in their Ends: for the Children of God propose the Glory of God, and level all their Thoughts, and Speeches, and Actions, as if they were Messengers sent to carry him presents of Honour.