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For election designeth men not only to eternal glory, but to holiness of life, a means, thereto. In the text we have, FIRST, An exhortation. SECOND, The extension of that exhortation. The exhortation is, That men depart from iniquity. The extension of it is, to them, all of them, every one of them that name the name of Christ.
And observe it, as by the first parable he chiefly designeth the relief of those that are under the hand of cruel tyrants: So by this he designeth the relief of those that lie under the load and burden of a guilty and disquieted conscience.
Then one of them asked his fellows, "Wot ye who be this man?" and they answered, "Nay." But the fame of this good man hath this very night come to the Sultan of our city who designeth to visit him on the morrow on account of his daughter."
That height of virtue, and true goodness, that the gospel designeth to raise us to: all which are general words, falling from a staggering conscience, leaving the world, that are ignorant of his mind, in a muse; but tickling his brethren with the delights of their moral principles, with the dictates of their human nature, and their gallant generous minds.
And observe it, as by the first parable he chiefly designeth the relief of those that are under the hands of cruel tyrants, so by this he designeth the relief of those that lie under the load and burden of a guilty and disquieted conscience.
Let the good Christian pray always; let him pray and not faint at seeming delays; for if the widow by importunity prevailed with the unjust judge, how much more shall he with his heavenly Father. By the which he designeth two things: First, The conviction of the proud and self-conceited Pharisee. Secondly, The raising up and healing of the cast down and dejected Publican.
"I must tell thee, Humphrey, that Robert Sadler designeth for a sum of money to deliver Josceline to the king." Humphrey stared. "I have discovered it, and have been almost crazed in consequence. But a deliverer hath come." "I saw no one," said Humphrey in a dazed tone. "Didst thou not see Hugo?" asked Lady De Aldithely with a faint smile.
The first circumstance which maketh an action good or bad is quis, which designeth the person: If a magistrate put to death a malefactor, the action is good; but if a private person put him to death, it is evil. The second is quid, which noteth the quality or condition of the object: If a man take sua, the action is good; if aliena, it is evil.
And if our deliverance be with the word and liking of God, it must needs have this effect. And indeed there is reason for this, for in every affliction and persecution, the devil's design is to impair Christ's kingdom: wherefore no marvel, that God designeth in our deliverance, the impairing and lessening the kingdom of sin and Satan.
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