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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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2 Of foolish, that b•ing weak themselves, will seek for help of weak mea••s: as the Israelites did of Egypt, themselves being empty, they seek to broken pits, and come back ashamed: as Jer. 14.3. Thus do our silly Papists, that seek help of creatures, of Saints and Angels; whereas all the strength that these had, was but only sufficient for themselves.
2 Of foolish, that b•ing weake themselues, will seeke for helpe of weake mea••s: as the Israelites did of Aegypt, themselues being •mpty, they se•ke to broken pits, and come back ashamed: as Ier. 14.3. Thus do our silly Papists, that seeke helpe of creatures, of Saints and Angels; wh•r•as all the strength that these had, was but onely sufficient for themselu•s.
2 For instruction. 1 That we learn to renounce and deny our selves, and for this end to labour to come to a sight of our want of help; for if we think that of ⟨p. 122⟩our selves we are able to do any thing, we will never seek to God: as Psal. 1• 4. Wherefore we must endeavour to see our own […], impotency and emptiness, how we are no•hing in our selves: For 1 this will be a m•anes to bring us to seek for help. 2 It will be a means to obtain help; for God strengthens them that are weak, &c.