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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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Search.] It is a Metaphor taken from such as search for gold and silver Ore in the earth; who will not cast it away by whole shovel fulls, but will search, and sift, and break every clod to find out the gold. To this diligence in searching the Scripture, doth the Apostle exhort Timothy, 1. Tim. 4.13. and Solomon useth the same Metaphor; Pro. 2.4. Act. 17.11. the same word. This diligence is often urged in the old Testament by the phrase of meditating in the Word; as Josh. 1.8. Ps. 1.2. & passim alibi.
Search.] It is a Metaphor taken from such as search for gold and siluer Ore in the earth; who will not cast it away by whole shouell fuls, but will search, and sift, and breake euery clod to find out the gold. To this diligence in searching the Scripture, doth the Apostle exhort Timothy, 1. Tim. 4.13. and Salomon vseth the same Metaphor; Pro. 2.4. Act. 17.11. the same word. This diligence is often vrged in the old Testament by the phrase of meditating in the Word; as Iosh. 1.8. Ps. 1.2. & passim alibi.
The Reasons to move us hereunto, besides those here mentioned in the text, of which we shall speak anon, are two: