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A10659 Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life of Christ. Being the substance of severall sermons preached at Lincolns Inne: by Edward Reynoldes, preacher to that honourable society, and late fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford. Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. 1631 (1631) STC 20934; ESTC S115807 428,651 573

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god_n will_v not_o suffer_v any_o people_n or_o monument_n of_o idolater_n to_o be_v 12-16_a spare_v lest_o they_o shall_v prove_v temptation_n and_o snare_n to_o his_o own_o people_n and_o their_o heart_n shall_v run_v after_o the_o like_a sin_n keep_v thy_o heart_n say_v solomon_n with_o al●…_n 23._o diligence_n never_o let_v thy_o eye_n be_v off_o from_o it_o hide_v the_o word_n and_o the_o spirit_n always_o in_o it_o to_o watch_v it_o for_o there_o be_v a_o adulterer_n ever_o at_o hand_n to_o steal_v it_o away_o therefore_o the_o lord_n will_v have_v the_o israelite_n bind_v ribbon_n upon_o 20._o their_o fringe_n and_o the_o law_n on_o the_o post_n of_o their_o door_n that_o by_o those_o visible_a remembrancer_n their_o mind_n may_v be_v take_v off_o from_o other_o vanity_n and_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o law_n more_o revive_v within_o they_o and_o solomon_n allude_v to_o that_o custom_n show_v the_o use_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o bind_v they_o say_v he_o continual_o upon_o 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to_o vanquish_v or_o to_o overcome_v lust_n the_o devil_n may_v be_v put_v to_o flight_n there_o be_v hope_n in_o a_o conflict_n with_o he_o but_o lust_n may_v be_v exasperate_v by_o contention_n it_o can_v be_v shake_v of_o to_o this_o i_o answer_v in_o the_o general_n first_o that_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o fight_v with_o sin_n and_o it_o be_v christ_n office_n and_o promise_n to_o overcome_v it_o we_o must_v perform_v that_o which_o he_o require_v of_o we_o and_o trust_v he_o with_o that_o which_o he_o promise_v unto_o we_o beside_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o body_n of_o sin_n be_v first_o weaken_v though_o not_o quite_o destroy_a for_o as_o in_o the_o 41-45_a leviticall_a law_n when_o a_o spread_a leprosy_n be_v in_o a_o house_n the_o wall_n be_v first_o scrape_v round_o about_o the_o dust_n throw_v out_o new_a stone_n and_o new_a mortar_n put_v to_o the_o old_a material_n and_o then_o last_o of_o all_o the_o house_n upon_o the_o uncureablenesse_n of_o it_o be_v break_v quite_o 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his_o spirit_n from_o it_o more_o urgent_a to_o lay_v hold_n upon_o the_o victory_n and_o promise_n of_o christ_n against_o it_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o and_o a_o most_o sufficient_a encouragement_n the_o grace_n of_o 16._o christ_n in_o we_o will_v weaken_v much_o the_o grace_n and_o favour_n of_o christ_n unto_o we_o will_v forgive_v the_o rest_n and_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n at_o the_o last_o will_v annihilate_v all_o three_o to_o patience_n and_o constancy_n in_o this_o spiritual_a combat_n we_o be_v beset_v and_o compass_v about_o with_o our_o corruption_n the_o sin_n hang_v on_o with_o much_o pertinacy_n and_o will_v not_o be_v shake_v of_o therefore_o there_o be_v need_n of_o patience_n 36._o to_o run_v the_o race_n that_o be_v set_v before_o we_o to_o do_v the_o whole_a will_n of_o god_n to_o hale_v perpetual_o our_o clog_n after_o we_o to_o pull_v on_o and_o drive_v forward_o a_o backslide_n and_o a_o revolt_a heart_n to_o thrust_v still_o before_o we_o a_o 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unable_a to_o obey_v the_o carnal_a mind_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n neither_o indeed_o can_v be_v rom._n 8._o 7._o the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v these_o first_o our_o universal_a both_o natural_a and_o personal_a 〈◊〉_d we_o be_v by_o nature_n all_o flesh_n child_n of_o the_o old_a adam_n joh._n 3._o 6._o child_n of_o god_n wrath_n eph._n 2._o 3._o and_o so_o long_o it_o be_v impossible_a we_o shall_v do_v any_o thing_n to_o please_v god_n for_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n can_v please_v god_n rom._n 8._o 8._o a_o man_n must_v first_o be_v renew_v in_o his_o mind_n before_o he_o can_v so_o much_o as_o make_v proof_n of_o what_o will_v be_v acceptable_a unto_o god_n rom._n 12._o 2._o this_o natural_a impurity_n in_o our_o person_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o all_o impurity_n in_o our_o work_n for_o unto_o the_o 〈◊〉_d every_o thing_n be_v unclean_a tit._n 1._o 15._o and_o all_o the_o fruit_n of_o a_o evil_a tree_n be_v evil_a fruit_n math._n 7._o 18._o and_o saint_n paul_n give_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o because_o our_o fruit_n shall_v be_v fr●…itunto_o god_n rom._n 7._o 4._o and_o fruit_n unto_o holiness_n rome_n 6._o 22._o whereas_o these_o work_n of_o natural_a man_n do_v neither_o begin_v in_o god_n nor_o look_v towards_o he_o nor_o tend_v unto_o he_o god_n be_v neither_o the_o principle_n nor_o the_o object_n nor_o the_o end_n of_o they_o second_o our_o natural_a 〈◊〉_d ie_fw-fr the_o best_a performance_n of_o wicked_a man_n be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gift_n of_o a_o enemy_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o fool_n it_o proceed_v not_o from_o love_n which_o be_v the_o bond_n of_o perfection_n that_o which_o keep_v all_o other_o requisite_a ingredient_n of_o a_o good_a work_n together_o col._n 3._o 14._o which_o be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 13._o 8._o and_o the_o principle_n of_o obedience_n and_o all_o willing_a service_n and_o conformity_n to_o god_n gal._n 5._o 6._o joh._n 14._o 15._o and_o ever_o 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