Vulgar words in The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning (Page 1)
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O how miserable,-twice miserable-is that soul that doth not draw near to God in Christ, when God hath come so near to us in Christ, that goes a whoring after the lust of the eyes and flesh, and after the imaginations of their own heart, and will not be guided by Christ, the way and life, to glory!
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These indeed shined so brightly in Adam that he needed no light without him, no voice about him; but sin hath extinguished it much; and there remains nothing but some little spunk or sparkle, under the ashes of much corruption, that is but insufficient in itself, and is often more blinded and darkened by lusts.
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The word is the Lord's voice to his own children, bastards cannot know it, "but my sheep know my voice," John x.
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"Your hearts are gone a whoring from God.
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The soul returns to its first husband, from whom it went a whoring, and now the stamp of God is so upon it that it is changed into his image and glory.
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It seems most contrary to his goodness and wisdom, to have such an end of eternal predestination before him, in the creating of so many, to make men for nothing, but to damn them?
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It was not his great end of creating wicked men to damn them, or creating righteous men to save them, but both are for a further and higher end,-for himself and his own glory.
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And for our thoughts, how do they go unlimited and unrestrained?-like a wild ass, traversing her ways, and gadding about, fixed on nothing,-at least not on God; nay, fixed on any thing but God.
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This may make boldness of access, that we have not God to speak to, or come to immediately, as he is clothed with glory and majesty, and as the Jews heard him on mount Sinai, and desired a mediator between him and them, but that great prophet promised to them hath come, and we have him between us and God,-as low as we, that we may speak to him, "riding upon an ass," a low ass, that every one may whisper their desires in his ear-and yet as high as God, that he may speak to God, and have power with him.
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Truly your hearts are gone a whoring after other things, the love of the world hath withdrawn you, or kept you in chains, these present things are as snares, nets, and bands, as an harlot's hands and heart, Eccl.
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Truly, the word of Christ, which is the character of all our evidences and rights for heaven, disowns many as bastards and dead members, withered branches, and, certainly, according to this word he will judge you, "the word that I have spoken shall judge you in the last day."
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We heard him, say they, and we never heard any speak like him, not so much for the pomp and majesty of his style, for he came low, sitting on an ass, and was as condescending in his manner of speech as in his other behaviour, but because "he taught with authority."
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Is not this the spot of bastards?
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Therefore, is it any wonder, that all they that go a whoring from him perish, as every man's heart doth?
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We challenge your prayers, services, and public duties, even as the prophet did we declare unto you that God is as ill pleased with them, as your drunkenness, whoring, intemperance, &c. The most part of you are no more acceptable when ye come to the church, than when ye go to the tavern,-your praying and cursing is almost all one.
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But alas, there is as little good to be said; he drinks not, swears not, whores not, steals not.
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And our church says, the malignants have satisfied them, and repented, even like the peace offerings and vows of the whore.
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But because the heart of man is desperately wicked, and hath lost that true ingenuity and nobleness of spirit, and is now become stubborn and froward, as a wild ass, or as a swift dromedary traversing her ways, therefore the Lord takes another way of dealing with men suitable to their froward natures; he gives out his royal statute backed with majesty and authority; "This is his command," &c.-that when fair means could not prevail, other means more terrible might reduce lost rebellious men.
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It was an ancient remark, that "vain man would be wise, though he be born like a wild ass's colt."
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Though he be born as stupid and void of any real wisdom and excellency, as a wild ass's colt, yet he hath this madness and folly superadded to all that natural stupidity, that he seems to be wise and understanding, and truly it was a more ancient disease than Job's days.
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But here is the great instruction of Christianity, to bring man down low from the height of presumption and self-estimation, and make him see himself just as he is by nature, a fool, and a wild ass's colt.
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He hath a worm that eats up his pleasure when he departs from God, or his thoughts go a-whoring from him.
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He hath no more religion than a spunk(490) of desire; and he sits down with this spark of his own kindling, and the life of religion thrives not upon his hand, Prov.
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how can it look upon his holiness, when it hath been going a-whoring after the world, and forsaking the fountain of living waters?