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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
[I am come, &c.] (But of this divers times before) or false teachers and unfaithful, here set down by the example of the Pharisees, of whom it is plain, that they were not sent of God, who preached their own Traditions, and sought only their own glory. Hence we learn,
[I am come, &c.] (But of this diuers times before) or false teachers and vnfaithfull, here set downe by the example of the Pharises, of whom it is plaine, that they were not sent of God, who preached their owne Traditions, and sought onely their owne glory. Hence we learne,
Doct. That it is a certain note of a true Minister, to come in Gods Name, and of a false Minister to come in his own name: the one hath an eye unto God, and runs not before he be sent; and being sent, observes what his will is, and according to it, doth all things for his glory: the other hath an eye only to man, to please him, to seek honour and preferment, &c. This difference we see plainly between Michah the Prophet of the Lord, and Chenaanah, and the rest of the false Prophets: 1. King. 22.11, 12, 14. between Jeremiah: Jer. 42. who persuaded the people to obey the King of Babel: and Hananiah: Jer. 28.10, 11.
Doct. That it is a certaine note of a true Minister, to come in Gods Name, and of a false Minister to come in his owne name: the one hath an eye vnto God, and runnes not before he be sent; and being sent, obserues what his will is, and according to it, doth all things for his glory: the other hath an eye onely to man, to please him, to seeke honour and preferment, &c. This difference wee see plainely betweene Michah the Prophet of the Lord, and Chenaanah, and the rest of the false Prophets: 1. King. 22.11, 12, 14. betweene Ieremiah: