Mr Cudworths Sermon Preached Before The Honble House Of Commons At Westminster March 31st 1647 Classic Reprint

Author : Ralph Cudworth
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230383422
Total Pages : 18 pages
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Download or read book Mr. Cudworth's Sermon Preached Before the Honble House of Commons, at Westminster, March 31st, 1647; Reprinted, and Dedicated to W. M. Thackeray, Esqui written by Ralph Cudworth and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... A SERMON. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his Commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.--i John ii. 3, 4. WE have much enquiry concerning knowledge in these latter times. The sonnes of Adam are now as busie as ever himself was, about the 'Tree of Knowledge' of good and evil, making the boughs of it, and scrambling for the fruit: whilest, I fear, many are too unmindfull of the 'Tree of Life.' And though there be now no Cherubims with their flaming swords, to fright men off from it; yet the way that leads to it seems to be solitary and untrodden, as if there were but few that had any mind to tast of the fruit of it. There be many that speak of new glimpses, and discoveries of truth, of dawnings of Gospel-light; and no question, but God hath reserved much of this for the very evening and sun-set of the world, for c in the latter dayes knowledge shall be increased: ' but yet I wish we could in the mean time see that c day i Children of the Light. to dawn, ' which the Apostle speaks of, and that 'day-starre to arise in men's hearts.' I wish whilest we talk of light, and dispute about truth, we could walk more as 'children of the light.' Whereas, if St. John's rule be good here in the Text, that no man truly knows Christ, but he that keepeth his commandments; it is much to be suspected, that many of us which pretend to light, have a thick and gloomy darknesse within over-spreading our souls. There be now many large volumes and discourses written concerning Christ, thousands of controversies discussed, infinite problems determined concerning his divinity, humanity, union of both together; and what not? so that our bookish Christians, that have all their.