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A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church…A sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church…
A sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, Wednesday the 25. day of June, 1645. Being the day appointed for a solemn and public humiliation. / By Samuel Rutherfurd Professor of Divinity at St. Andrews.A sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, Wednesday the 25. day of Iune, 1645. Being the day appointed for a solemne and publique humiliation. / By Samuel Rutherfurd Professor of Divinitie at St. Andrews.
London: printed by R.C. for Andrew Crook, 1645
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First, extreme afflictions, as Physic, stir up both the good and the bad humours, they make legible both the good and the ill in the man, and which of them is the predominant; when the fire boileth extremely, if there be a scum in the liquor, it is that which is first seen, yea and it is not only the virtue and strength of the fire, but also of the gold that the dross goeth to its own place, if it were all gold there should be no separation at all; the Disciples here put a false Character upon Christ, that he hath neither love to them, nor care of them, they double the word, Master, master, and that is a check, being added to the other, carest thou not for us? it saith 1. that he is worse then other masters, better serve any master then Christ, a master will care for his servants, so he can help them, no earthly master will sleep, when he knoweth his servants are drowning. 2. They object his sluggishness, carest thou not for us? he bath neither love nor ⟨p. 36⟩respect to us, though we have forsaken all and followed him.
First, extreame afflictions, as Physicke, stirre up both the good and the bad humours, they make legible both the good and the ill in the man, and which of them is the predominant; when the fire boileth extremely, if there bee a scum in the liquor, it is that which is first seene, yea and it is not onely the vertue and strength of the fire, but also of the gold that the drosse goeth to its owne place, if it were all gold there should bee no separation at all; the Disciples here put a false Character upon Christ, that hee hath neither love to them, nor care of them, they double the word, Master, master, and that is a check, being added to the other, carest thou not for us? it saith 1. that hee is worse then other masters, better serve any master then Christ, a master will care for his servants, so hee can helpe them, no earthly master will sleepe, when hee knoweth his servants are drowning. 2. They object his sluggishnesse, carest thou not for us? hee bath neither love nor ⟨p. 36⟩respect to us, though wee have forsaken all and followed him.