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The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on AdamThe paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam
The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. marks. By T.H.The paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. markes. By T.H.
London: printed by R. Young for R. Young, 1640
THE PATTERN of perfection. › Section 5: §. 5.THE PATERNE of perfection. › Section 5: §. 5.
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Again, it is beyond the power of the soul to perform spiritual love to his brother; therefore it must have this part of Gods image in it: 1 Joh. 4.7. Love is of God: to love another holily, is beyond the power and faculty of nature. Indeed, a man may love another carnally, as adulterers; and naturally, as creatures; but to love another spiritually, he must have power from God. There is a double cunning of the hand (as David useth the word) a cunning to play on an instrument,1 and a cunning ⟨p. 86⟩to write; now the cunning of the one will not make a man skilful in the other: so there is a double cunning put into the heart of Adam; the first Of holiness, whereby he could love God above all: the second, Of righteousness, whereby he could love himself as he ought, and his neighbour as himself.
Againe, it is beyond the power of the soule to performe spirituall love to his brother; therefore it must have this part of Gods image in it: 1 Joh. 4.7. Love is of God: to love another holily, is beyond the power and faculty of nature. Indeed, a man may love another carnally, as adulterers; and naturally, as creatures; but to love another spiritually, hee must have power from God. There is a double cunning of the hand (as David useth the word) a cunning to play on an instrument,1 and a cunning ⟨p. 86⟩to write; now the cunning of the one will not make a man skilfull in the other: so there is a double cunning put into the heart of Adam; the first Of holinesse, whereby hee could love God above all: the second, Of righteousnesse, whereby he could love himselfe as hee ought, and his neighbour as himselfe.
- 1Psa. 137.