The law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator delivered first from the pulpit in two plain sermons, and now repeated from the press with others tending to the same end ... by Thomas Pierce ...
Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691
Publisher: Printed by S Roycroft for Robert Clavell
Place of Publication:
London
Publication Year: 1686
Approximate Era: JamesII
TCP ID: A54843 ESTC ID: R38205 STC ID: P2185
Subject Headings:
Christian life;
Providence and government of God;
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| In-Text | yet because I conceive it less impossible of the two, for an Honest blind Heathen to shew me his Faith by his vertuous works, than for a knavish and knowing Christian to shew me his works by his naked Faith, (a thing esteemed by St. Iames the greatest Absurdity in the World,) were Iacob's option mine, I should rather choose Leah with her blere Eyes, than Rachel with her barrenness, that is, obedience without faith, rather than faith without obedience. And do think it by so much a safer thing, to be a very strict Moralist, than a very loose Christian, by how a likelier thing it is, | yet Because I conceive it less impossible of the two, for an Honest blind Heathen to show me his Faith by his virtuous works, than for a knavish and knowing Christian to show me his works by his naked Faith, (a thing esteemed by Saint James the greatest Absurdity in the World,) were Jacob's option mine, I should rather choose Leah with her blere Eyes, than Rachel with her Barrenness, that is, Obedience without faith, rather than faith without Obedience. And do think it by so much a safer thing, to be a very strict Moralist, than a very lose Christian, by how a likelier thing it is, | av c-acp pns11 vvb pn31 dc j pp-f dt crd, p-acp dt j j j-jn pc-acp vvi pno11 po31 n1 p-acp po31 j n2, cs p-acp dt j cc j-vvg np1 pc-acp vvi pno11 po31 n2 p-acp po31 j n1, (dt n1 vvn p-acp n1 np1 dt js n1 p-acp dt n1,) vbdr npg1 n1 png11, pns11 vmd av-c vvi np1 p-acp po31 j n2, cs n1 p-acp po31 n1, cst vbz, n1 p-acp n1, av-c cs n1 p-acp n1. cc vdb vvi pn31 p-acp av av-d dt jc n1, pc-acp vbi dt j j n1, cs dt j vvb njp, p-acp c-crq dt jc n1 pn31 vbz, |
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