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A Christians duty and safety in evil times Delivered in several sermons, upon four…A Christians duty and safety in evill times Delivered in severall sermons, upon four…
A Christians duty and safety in evil times Delivered in several sermons, upon four texts of scripture, viz. Christ's prayer the saints support, on John 17 15[.] A divine balance to weigh all doctrines by, on 1 Thes.5. 21[.] A Christians great enquiry, on Acts 16.30, 31[.] A description of true blessedness, on Luke 11. 28[.] By that faithful messenger of Jesus Christ, Mr Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence-jury, London. Whereunto is annexed The saints rest, or Their happy sleep in death. As it was delivered in a sermon at Aldermanbury, London. Aug. 24. 1651. By Edmund Calalmy. B. D.A Christians duty and safety in evill times Delivered in severall sermons, upon four texts of scripture, viz. Christ's prayer the saints support, on Iohn 17 15[.] A divine ballance to weigh all doctrines by, on 1 Thes.5. 21[.] A Christians great enquiry, on Acts 16.30, 31[.] A description of true blessedness, on Luke 11. 28[.] By that faithfull messenger of Jesus Christ, Mr Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence-jury, London. Whereunto is annexed The saints rest, or Their happy sleep in death. As it was delivered in a sermon at Aldermanbury, London. Aug. 24. 1651. By Edmund Calalmy. B. D.
London: printed for E. Brewster and George Sawbridge, 1653
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A Divine Balance To weigh All Doctrines by.A Divine Ballance To weigh All Doctrines by.
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.
Fourthly, 1You should try all Doctrines that you hear, before you believe them, because through the credulity that is in us, men of the most solidest judgments are apt to be led away with novelties and deceived with error: we are by nature like the sand in the Sea, 2moved with every wave, like reeds shaken with every puff of wind. A notable text you have for this. 2. Cor. 11.3. But I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve, through her subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. The Devil would not make use of a dotish so lish creature, but a subtle Serpent to beguile Eve, in making her to eat of the forbidden fruit. Now saith the Apostle, I am afraid lest the Devil by his subtle temptation, should pervert your minds from the truth of the Gospel: This shows that there was an aptness in their nature to be turned aside unto error. And moreover, ⟨p. 80⟩even the most holy, and most understanding in the mysteries of God, are but in part enlightened; we see through a glass, 3darkly, 1 Cor. 13.12 And though they would not willingly mislead you, yet through the remain der of ignorance and corruption that is in them, it is possible that they may take error for truth; therefore no mans piety, or learning, should so far blind us, as to believe whatsoever he speaks, without bringing of it unto the Touchstone of the Word; for we must not build our faith on humane, but on divine authority; we must imitate the noble Beraeans, and daily search the Scriptures, whether those Doctrines that we hear, be indeed the truth of God: They were commended for this, 4Acts 17.11. O Beloved, Take nothing upon trust, upon the Authority of the preacher, weigh all things in the Balance of the Sanctuary. You must do with the Doctrines you hear, as you do with gold; a man will not take gold without weighing