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An exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not only the text is…An exposition vpon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not onely the text is…
An exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not only the text is methodically analysed, and the sense of the words, by the help of writers, both ancient and modern is explained: but also, by doctrine and use, the intent of the holy Ghost is in every place more fully unfolded and urged. ... Being, the substance of near seven years week-days sermons, of N. Byfield, late one of the preachers for the city of Chester.An exposition vpon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not onely the text is methodically analysed, and the sence of the words, by the help of writers, both ancient and moderne is explayned: but also, by doctrine and vse, the intent of the holy Ghost is in euery place more fully vnfolded and vrged. ... Being, the substance of neare seuen yeeres weeke-dayes sermons, of N. Byfield, late one of the preachers for the citie of Chester.
London: printed by Edward for Nathaniel Butter, 1617
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.
The third reason may be taken from the inconveniences that follow the §3love of earthly things. For, first the cares of the world choke the word, that it can never prosperp. 2. They breed excuses and shifts in mans minds and alienate by degrees a mans heart from the use of the meansq. 3. To seek after the world is to sorrow after the world: for to the most the world is a cause of much sorrow and vexation. 4. The amity of the world, as the Apostle saith, is the enmity of Godr, and that both actively and passively: for it both makes us hate God, and it makes God hate us. Fifthly, the lust after worldly things fills the world with corruptions and sinss. Sixthly, these earthly things thus sinisterly affected, may one day witness against ust. Seventhly, many a man is damned and gone to hell, for minding earthly thingsu.
The third reason may bee taken from the inconueniences that follow the §3loue of earthly things. For, first the cares of the world choake the word, that it can neuer prosperp. 2. They breede excuses and shifts in mans mindes and alienate by degrees a mans heart from the vse of the meanesq. 3. To seeke after the world is to sorrow after the world: for to the most the world is a cause of much sorrow and vexation. 4. The amity of the world, as the Apostle saith, is the enmitie of Godr