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Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul'sCommunion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's
Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.Communion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.
London: printed by Evan Tyler, 1655
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.
AS you had nothing besides the naked amiableness of the subject, to render these Sermons acceptable, so I have nothing but my Obedience to Magistracy to preface their publication. Must I not by your eyes see, & by your faith believe, these truths thus clouded in their discovery, profitable? But seeing you Surprise me with an Order, Give me leave to follow ⟨image 3⟩your Order, further, then perhaps you think it leads me, and that is, to retort it back upon your own consciences.
AS you had nothing besides the naked amiablenes of the subject, to render these Sermons acceptable, so I have nothing but my Obedience to Magistracy to preface their publication. Must I not by your eies see, & by your faith believe, these truths thus clouded in their discovery, profitable? But seeing you Surprise me with an Order, Give me leave to follow ⟨image 3⟩your Order, further, then perhaps you thinke it leades me, and that is, to retort it back upon your own consciences.
Your commands (for such are your desires) (all superiors desires being commands enamelled with humility) give a Solemn avouchment of the Truths you heard, and therefore if you do henceforth in the least depart from God, or prefer any thing, I speak the word again, Any thing, before him, you transgress not only Gods laws, but your own, and such kind of Sinning against your own concessions, is more heinous then barely to sin against God.
Your commands (for such are your desires) (all superiours desires being commands enamel'd with humility) give a Solemn avouchment of the Truths you heard, and therefore if you do henceforth in the least depart from God, or preferre any thing, I speak the word againe, Any thing, before him, you transgresse not onely Gods laws, but your own, and such kind of Sinning against your own concessions, is more haynous then barely to sin against God.