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The Lords property in His redeemed people. Opened in a sermon at St. Pauls…
The Lords property in His redeemed people. Opened in a sermon at St. Pauls Church, London, Octob. 28. / By Edward Reynolds, D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to the Kings Majesty. Printed by the order of the Lord Mayor and court of aldermen.
London: printed by T.R. for George Thomason, 1660
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AT PAULS-CHURCH, Octob. 28. 1660.AT PAƲLS-CHƲRCH, Octob. 28. 1660.
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.
1. When a man makes his own Reason his supreme Rule, resolving as Jeroboam did, to follow what his own heart hath de vised and contrived, 1 Reg. 12. 33. Reason indeed is the candle of the Lord, Prov. 20. 27. But what is a Candle to the Sun-beam? unto which the Apostle compareth the Gospel, Rom. 10. 18. The Lord will have no disputing or replying against Him, Rom. 9. 20. But will have humane Reason strike sail, and captivate it self to the Word of God.
1. When a man makes his own Reason his supreme Rule, resolving as Joroboam did, to follow what his own heart hath de vised and contrived, 1 Reg. 12. 33. Reason indeed is the candle of the Lord, Prov. 20. 27. But what is a Candle to the Sun-beam? unto which the Apostle compareth the Gospel, Rom. 10. 18. The Lord will have no disputing or replying against Him, Rom. 9. 20. But will have humane Reason strike sail, and captivate it self to the Word of God.
For stating of this point, we are to distinguish between carnal Reason and right Reason. Carnal reason, or Reason darkened and corrupted by the Original pravity which cleaveth unto it, is Enmity against God, and neither is, nor can be subject unto him, Rom. 8. 7. It is that which the Apostle calleth [Greek or Hebrew], Imaginations, High Things, Thoughts, Reasonings, 2 Cor. 10. 5. By the help whereof it is that men do so argue and dispute in defence of those lusts, which they are loth to part with,