A View Of The Covenant Of Works From The Sacred Records

Author : Thomas Boston
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ISBN 13 : 9781331046295
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book A View of the Covenant of Works From the Sacred Records (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Boston and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A View of the Covenant of Works From the Sacred Records Though the doctrines and precepts of Christianity are unalterable in their nature, and must necessarily be the fame in all ages and places; yet we find that the foolish caprice of men has made them appear in various shapes, in different periods and countries. In the golden days of Christianity, before men had learned the art of making gain of godliness in a literal sense, and contracted the ridiculous humour of modelling religion according to their respective tastes and tempers, the religion of Jesus was then seen in its native simplicity, unadulterated with the unnatural additions and embellishments of human invention. In process of time, when it was found that religion was not unsubservient to worldly interest, some of its votaries, inclining to make the kingdom of Christ resemble the kingdoms of this world, stripped religion in a great measure of its native unadorned simplicity, and dressed it in garments of their own manufacture. This dangerous spirit of innovating, when it once begins, knows no bounds or limits. It is like a river or flood whose current has been stopped, when once let loose, it will disregard its proper channel, and carry every thing down with its impetuous torrent. The rapid progress which this wild spirit has made, is clearly seen in those enormous corruptions which gradually crept into the church of Rome, until at length she arrived at the monstrous absurdity of a wafer-god, created by the benediction of a priest. It had not however been so fatal to the interests of true religion, if the inventions of men had been confined to circumstantials, or things of lesser importance. Had this been the cafe, the blessed religion of Jesus would not have had so much reason to put on her widow's weeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.