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Christ the fountain of lifeChrist the fountaine of life
Christ the fountain of life: or, Sundry choice sermons on part of the fifth chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.Christ the fountaine of life: or, Sundry choyce sermons on part of the fift chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithfull minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson, 1651
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Fourthly, If you shall examine the things that you have heard,1 that is another use of the Scriptures, an examination of what you hear; go home and consider whether the things that have been taught were true or no: whether agreeable to the holy Scriptures or no; for a Preacher speaks not the express words of the Scripture, but comments and explications of the Scriptures, and therefore examine whether that which is delivered be agreeable to the Scriptures which are alleged for to prove the doctrine. We must make use of the Scripture as a rule to measure all the Sermon by we hear, whether it be of just length and breadth of Gods word or no, as the balance of the Sanctuary, the two testaments be, and when you weigh what is said, then you are confirmed and established in it.
Fourthly, If you shal examine the things that you have heard,1 that is another use of the Scriptures, an examination of what you heare; goe home and consider whether the things that have been taught were true or no: whether agreeable to the holy Scriptures or no; for a Preacher speaks not the expresse words of the Scripture, but comments and explications of the Scriptures, and therefore examine whether that which is delivered be agreeable to the Scriptures which are alledged for to prove the doctrine. We must make use of the Scripture as a rule to measure all the Sermon by we heare, whether it be of just length and breadth of Gods word or no, as the ballance of the Sanctuary, the two testaments be, and when you weigh what is said, then you are confirmed and established in it.
- 1Examination of things heard.
Now this kind of making use of the Scriptures to examine ⟨p. 201⟩what you hear, it is of special use to help forward the faith of such as do believe, yea, (and which is more) it may bring on men to believe, which it may be never did believe before, mightily stirred before, but believed not, till they go home and searched the Scriptures, seeing that which is spoken to be fully agreeable to the word of God, they have been brought on wonderfully to believe; famous is that of the Bereans,