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The saints guide, in three treatises
The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercy, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnal mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercie, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnall mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.
London: printed for John Stafford over against Brids Church, 1645
THE PLANTATION OF The RIGHTEOUS.THE PLANTATION OF The RIGHTEOVS.
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.
That which concerns Gods Glory is to be preferred before that which concerns a mans self, 1that which is for my good must give place to that which is for Gods Glory, for we must have an eye more to Gods glory, then to the Salvation of our souls, in all the duties that we perform.
That which concerns Gods Glory is to be preferred before that which concernes a mans selfe, 1that which is for my good must give place to that which is for Gods Glory, for we must have an eye more to Gods glory, then to the Salvation of our souls, in all the duties that we performe.
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Secondly, for those duties that concern our neighbour, though I must do nothing to others, that I would not have done to my self, yet I must learn to do good to my self in the first place, if the duties that are to be discharged in reference to others be of the same rank and quality, with those that concern my self, then I must prefer my own occasions before another mans, my goods before his, my body before his, my life before his, serve my self in the first place, and my neighbour in the second, but I must not prefer my body before his soul, my temporals before his spirituals, nor my goods before his life. If we take such like directions as these, then our duties will be