Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

fol!oves Godfully, ments that are accounted little . ocn- mande(rents God rxpcts faithful_ neffe ir} little things; God prizes every tittleofhis Lawmore worth thenheap yen and e rth, howfoever wfe may j flight many things in it, and thi k the4i tuo 'mall to put any great bond upon Chrifit faith, that heaven and -earth flat pareaway, !utnot one jot or tittle of his Word. As if he ;`could fay, If heaven and earth were in one ballante, and any jot or tittle of my Word in a- nother , and ifone of themmutt needs perïfh , I had rather that he<)ven and earth fhouid perifh then that onejot or tittle of my Word íhould faile: The Authority of Heaven puts weight on things that are never- fo little in th m- felves; If mans authority doe this, howmuch more divine e Man cannot beare difobedience in little things; though the things bfe very flail in thernfélvcsi yet if commanded byAu. thority, is it 'uffl ex eCted that they 3 l Y P fhould be regarded. Shall mans autho- ritymake f n3 11 things to be accou&ted great, and mall Gods authoritydoeno- thing : Obedience in fmall things is due 233

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