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The necessity of regeneration in two sermons to the University of Oxford / by John Wallis ...
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Wallis, John, 1616-1703.
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man that doth them shall Live in them 't is meant only of Temporal Life If the Promises be but of things Temporal how come the Threatnings to be of things Eternal But they are indeed Both of them of things Eternal as well as Temporal And the Services required are Spiritual as well as Bodily And that of the Spirit principally and in the first place Yet it is not of the Heart only but Secondly of the Life also that God requires 'T is in vain to talk of a Good Heart towards God with a Wicked Life in the face of the World Mat. 7.17 If the Tree be Good the Fruit will be so too A Wicked Life is a certain sign of a Naughty Heart And this Obedience must be Uniform and Universal Psal. 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed saith David when I have respect to all thy Commandments We are not to Pick and Choose what to Obey and what not As if a double Diligence in some One particular wherein our own Interest prompts us would Expiate for a supine Negligence in all the rest It was suspicious in Jehu who was very Zealous against the Worship and Priests of Baal set up by Ahab and Jezabel the better to secure his Interest against the House of Ahab and the Adherents thereof Ver. 29. But adhered to the sins of Jeroboam the Son of Nebat and the Golden Calves which he set up in Dan and Bethel And otherwise as 't is expresly noted ver 31. took no heed to walk in the Law of the Lord God of Israel with all his Heart And Christ taxes the Pharisees who quarrelled with his Disciples for transgressing the Tradition of the Elders in Eating with Vnwashen Hands while themselves made void the Law of God by their Traditions As men Zealous in small Punctilio's of Tithing Mint Annise and Cummin while they Neglected the Weightier matters of the Law Mat. 23.23 And straining at a Gnat while they swallow a Camel Ver. 24. And making clean the Outside of the Cup and Platter while their Inward part was full of Wickedness Luk. 11.39 And while they made New Sins which God never made were very Remiss as to those that were Notorious and Undeniably so But if we would indeed approve our selves to God we must take heed to Duties of all sorts Of a Chast Temperate and Sober life as to Our selves Of Loyalty Obedience and due Submission to our Superiours in Church and State Of Charity Equity and Just dealing to Inferiours Equals and all Men Of Religion Piety and Devotion to God And all this Out of a Pure Heart and of a Good Conscience and of Faith Vnfeigned 1 Tim. 1.5 For all which because we are of our selves Insufficient without the Assistance of God's Spirit we are to call in That to our Aid As the Text directs us And the Collect for the Day with which I will conclude O God Forasmuch as Without Thee we are not able to Please Thee Mercifully grant That thy Holy Spirit may in all things Direct and Rule our Hearts through Jesus Christ our Lord. To whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be Honour and Praise Now and for Ever Amen FINIS Errata PAge 4. l. penult press p. 6. l. 27. to things of sense p. 9. l. 8. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 15. l. ult for done r. due p. 20 l. 22. for God r. Good p. 24. l. 19. for Those r. That l. 29. so to see l. ult dele or his first birth p. 32. l. 6. these words p. 40. l. 17. needs August Publike Baptism of Infants Absolution Third Collect. Prayer for the King Royal Family Clergy Christmas Easter day 5. Sunday after Easter Whitsunday 1. Sunday after Trinity 7. Sunday 9. Sunday 15. Sunday 17. Sunday Before the Commandments Communion Collects Albertus Pighius Lev. 18.5 Ezek. 20.11 Rom. 10.5 Gal. 3.12 2 King 10.25 28. Mat. 15.2 3 6. Mar. 7.5 8 9 13. 19. Sunday after Trinity