The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in…The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in…

CHRIST JESUS in this Sermon upon the Mount, having given many Divine Rules & Counsels, doth here in the close of that Discourse, give an account of two sorts of Hearers that were present: The first sort he commends, He compares them to a wise man that built his house upon a Rock, v. 24, 25. The second •ort he condemns, v. 26, 27. In this verse he •peaks of a second sort of Hearers: Where (1.) We have their Character, they do them not. They do not practise what they hear; they give attention ⟨p. 2⟩to the Word, but do not live accordingly; they listen to Temptation, and do not what they are Commanded; they forbear not what they are forbidden: They please their Curiosity by hearing; they give themselves a diversion from their Labours, they fill their Heads with Knowledge, they get Estimation, but they do not put what they hear in practise; there be few but do some things, but these don't yield Universal Obedience to Christ. (2.) The censure that he passes upon them, he resembles them to a Foolish man that builds his house upon the Sand. They act imprudently for themselves, they are like a man that builds his house upon a moveable foundation, which will not stand when the Torrent comes, and the Winds blow: So these men build their hopes for Heaven, upon • foundation that will fail them.

The DOCTRINE is, That many Profess•r• build their Hopes of Salvation […] Foundation.

The DOCTRINE is, That many Profess•r• build th•ir Hopes of Salvation 〈…〉 F•undation.