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A44671 The carnality of religious contention in two sermons preach'd at the merchant's lecture in Broadstreet / by John Howe ... Howe, John, 1630-1705. 1693 (1693) Wing H3019; ESTC R1703 46,035 129

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That they that are most apt to contend do most of all sight in the dark That it is too possible there may be much Knowledge without Love How little such Knowledge is worth That it profits nothing That it hurts puffs up when Love edifies That the Devils know more than any of us while their want of Love or their Hellish Malignity makes them Devils That as by Pride comes Contention so Humility would contribute more to Peace and to the discerning of Truth too than the most fervent Disceptation That there is no hope of proselyting the World to my Opinion or way That if I cannot be quiet till I have made such and such of my Mind I shall still be unquiet while oth●rs are not of it i. e. always That if some ones Judgment must be a Standard to the World there are Thousands sitter for it than mine That they that in their angry Contests think to shame their Adversary do commonly most of all shame themselves But to close all I pray let us consider We are professedly going to Heaven that Region of Light and Life and Purity and Love It well indeed becomes them that are upon the way thither modestly to enquire after Truth Humble serious diligent Endeavours to encrease in Divine Knowledge are very suitable to our present state of Darkness and Imperfection The Product of such Enquiries we shall carry to Heaven with us with whatsoever is most a kin thereto besides their Usefulness in the way thither We shall carry Truth and the Knowledge of God to Heaven with us we shall carry Purity thither Devotedness of Soul to God and our Redeemer Divine Love and Joy if we have their Beginnings here with whatsoever else of real permanent Excellency that hath a setled sixed Seat and Place in our Souls now and shall there have them in perfection But do we think we shall carry Strife to Heaven Shall we carry Anger to Heaven Envyings Heart-burnings An●●●sities Enimities Hatred of our Brethren and Fellow-Christians shall we carry these to Heaven with us Let us labour to divest our selves and strike off from our Spirits every thing that shall not go with us to Heaven or is equally unsuitable to our End and Way that there may be nothing to obstruct and hinder our abundant Entrance at length into the everasting Kingdom FINIS These Books Written by the same Reverend Author Mr. John Howe are sold by Thomas Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheap-side 1. THE Blessedness of the Righteous The Vanity of this Mortal Life On Psal. 17. ver 15. and Psalm 89. 47. 2. Of Thoughtfulness for the Morrow With an Appendix concerning the immoderate Desire of fore-knowing things to come 3. The Redeemers Tears wept over lost Souls in a Treatise on Luke 19. 41 42. With an Appendix wherein some what is occasionally discoursed concerning the Sin against the Holy Ghost and how God is said to Will the Salvation of them that perish 4. Of Charity in reference to other Mens Sins 5. Self-dedication discoursed in the Anniversary Thanksgiving of a Person of Honour for a great Deliverance 6. A Sermon directing what we are to do after a strict Enquiry whether or no we truly love God 7. A Funeral Sermon for that Faithful and Laborious Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Fairclough who deceased July 4. 1682. in the Sixty First year of his Age. 8. A Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Esther Sampson the late Wife of Henry Sampson Dr. of Physick who died Nov. 24. 1689. Books lately Printed for Tho. Parkhurst A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at Whitehall the Fifth of November 1692. By Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells A brief Tract of the Fourth Commandment Wherein is discover'd the Cause of all our Controversies about the Sabbath-day and the means of reconciling them Recommended by the Reverend Dr. Bates and Mr. John Howe An Epistolatory Discourse on the great Assistances to a Christian Faith and for a more Intire Rest and Assurance in the highest Tryals and Adventures thereof With a Second Part upon the Present Times and these rare Vicissitudes of Providence in the Publick State of Britain in this Age. To which an Appendix is added in the Close By R. Fleming Minister of the Gospel at Roterdam the Author of the Fulfilling of Scripture A short Story of the Rise Reign and Ruine of the Antinomians Familists and Libertines that infected the Churches of New-England And how they were confuted by the Assembly of Ministers there As also of the Magistrates Proceedings in Court against them Together with God's strange Remarkable Judgments from Heaven upon some of the chief Fomenters of these Opinions and the lamentable Death of Mrs. Hutchison Very fit for these Times here being the same Errors amongst us and acted by the same Spirit Published at the instant Request of sundry by one that was an Eye and Ear-witness of the Carriage of Matters there Satan Sifting Or the Oyl of Joy for the Spirit of Heaviness A Body of Practical Divinity consisting of above One Hundred Seventy Six Sermons on the Lesser Catechism composed by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at VVestminter With a Supplement of some Sermons on several Texts of Scripture By Thomas VVatson formerly Minister at St. Stephen's VValbrook London Recommended by several Ministers to Masters of Families and others A Discourse of the Saving Grace of God By David Clarkson Minister of the Gospel The Conversion of the Soul To which is added A Warning to Sinners to prepare for Judgment By Nat. Vincent Minister of the Gospel A Discourse of Old Age tending to the Instruction Caution and Comfort of Aged Persons FINIS Cypr. de Simplie Prael Eph. 4 4. Mat. 28. 20. Plin. Epist. Apol. contra Gent. See in Brerewoods Enquiries Ludolphu●'s Aethiopick Hist. and divers others Phil. 2. 15 16. * Marsil Ficinus * Dr. Spencer de Ritibus Hebraeorum * See at large to this purpose Smith's Select Discourses upon this Subject * De Brev. Vitâ