Sermons on the following subjects .. . SERMON I. Againft Perfecution for Religion. LuK. XIV. 23. ,4^d the Lord faid unto the Servant^ Goout into the High-ways and Hedges^ andcompel them •to co?ne in^ that my Houfemay be filled. Y Defign in. the following Dif-S e r , is ifi to explain dif- I-tinftly the true Meaning of ^^^^^thefe words of our Saviour;and ^dly to fliow, to what an impiousfenfe they have fometimes been perverted,by men of corrupt and ambitious minds inthe Romifi Church, Vol. VII. B I Firfi^. 2 Againjl Perjecutionfor Religion. S E R M. I. Firjiy Our Saviour, in This Para
Sermons on the following subjects .. . SERMON I. Againft Perfecution for Religion. LuK. XIV. 23. ,4^d the Lord faid unto the Servant^ Goout into the High-ways and Hedges^ andcompel them •to co?ne in^ that my Houfemay be filled. Y Defign in. the following Dif-S e r , is ifi to explain dif- I-tinftly the true Meaning of ^^^^^thefe words of our Saviour;and ^dly to fliow, to what an impiousfenfe they have fometimes been perverted,by men of corrupt and ambitious minds inthe Romifi Church, Vol. VII. B I Firfi^. 2 Againjl Perjecutionfor Religion. S E R M. I. Firjiy Our Saviour, in This Parable,^- compares the Kingdom of Heaven to aMat xxii ^^^^^ making a Marriage-feajl for his Son-y2. .To which the Guefts Jirjt ifivifed^ were,^ ?^^ xh^Jews^ Gods original peculiar people,to whom the Gofpel was Jirji preached:But They, upon fundry trivial Excufes,refufing to come to the Feaft; and goingcarelefsly elfewhere, one to his Farm, an-other to his Merchandize^ that is, theJews adhering to the vain Traditions oftheir Elders, and refufing to embrace thedodtrine of the Gofpel; l^he majier^ there-upon being angry ^ J aid to his fervanf^ver. 21, Go out into the Jireets and lanesof the city, and bring in hither the poorand the maimed, and the lame and theblind. That is, as our Saviour elfewhereMat. xxi. explains it, Verily the publicans and the^ harlots go into the kingdom of Ged before you y For the publicans jujiifed God, Luk,vii. 29. that is, obeyed Gods invitationto Repentance ; But the Pharifees andLa
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