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A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper.…
A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. Together with a sermon of the general day of judgement. / By Anthony Burgess pastor of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.A treatise of self-judging, in order to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. Together with a sermon of the generall day of judgement. / By Anthony Burgesse pastor of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.
London: printed by J.H. for T. Underhill, 1658
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2. As the godly sin against more experience, so they also rebel against more light and knowledge, ⟨p. 95⟩which is always highly aggravating a sin: What made the Angels sins to be so greatly displeasing to God? What made Adams sin so highly offensive? amongst other reasons this was one. They sinned against a great deal of light and knowledge which God had endued them with: Now the godly man hath not only natural light, but revealed light; he is supernaturally illuminated, and that not only in a common way, as many Hypocrites are, but in a special and peculiar manner, such as no reprobate can attain unto; oh then how greatly must ⟨p. 96⟩God be offended, when thou shalt sin against that quick, penetrating, and tender light, which shineth in thy breast; and therefore God will judge thee for thy heart-sins, thy soul-sins; the pride there, the unbelief there, because thou hast light to discover all these. Any false motions, any sinful intentions, any corrupt minglings of thy self with the things of God, these God will judge, because thou hast spiritual light within thee, which like the Sun-beams make thee discover those atoms, those secret little sins, that other vi••• u wouldst ⟨p. 97⟩never take any notice of; remember then what light thou hast put under a bushel, as it were, and then no wonder if God judge thee for this.
2. As the godly sin against more experience, so they also rebell against more light and knowledg, ⟨p. 95⟩which is always highly aggravating a sin: What made the Angels sins to be so greatly displeasing to God? What made Adams sin so highly offensive? amongst other reasons this was one. They sinned against a great deal of light and knowledge which God had indued them with: Now the godly man hath not onely natural light, but revealed light; he is supernaturally illuminated, and that not only in a common way, as many Hypocrites are, but in a special and peculiar manner, such as no reprobate can attain unto; oh then how greatly must ⟨p. 96⟩