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The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...
London: printed for T.P., 1662
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.
But the more precious this Water of Life is, the more fearful thou shouldst be of spilling it. Kings cannot endure that their Acts of Grace should be trampled under foot: Abused favour, turneth into greatest fury. Men surfeit soonest of the greatest Dainties, and further their Misery, by that which was given them as in Mercy.
But the more precious this Water of Life is, the more fearful thou shouldst be of spilling it. Kings cannot endure that their Acts of Grace should be tampled under foot: Abused favour, turneth into greatest fury. Men surfeit soonest of the greatest Dainties, and further their Misesery, by that which was given them as in Mercy.
Our Saviour therefore commandeth, Take heed how ye hear, Luke 8.18. There are two special Lessons which Christ commendeth to his Scholars: The first concerneth the matter of their hearing, Take heed what ye hear, Mark 4.24. Ministers are Christs Ushers, Christ himself is the head-Master; now Christ forbiddeth the pinning our faith upon our Ushers sleeve. The Bereans have an honourable ⟨p. 205⟩crest put into their coat of Arms by God himself, to distinguish, them in nobility from others, for bringing the coin offered to them to the touchstone of the Scripture, to try whether it were true gold or counterfeit; And these were more noble then those of Thessalonica, because they received the Word of God with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so, Acts 17.11. Men must not like Children take down whatever their Nurses put into their mouths, whether meat or poison, but know how to distinguish between good and evil. Our faith must not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the Power of God. All weights and measures must be compared with, and tried by the Kings Standards. The Copy is no farther authentic then it agreeth with the Original Deed.