A25291:692
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
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.
22. His flight into Egypt, and his return thence, was, 1. That he might show from the beginning of his age, that he was borne to undergo misery. 2. That according to the condition to which he had submitted himself, he might provide for his life after the manner of men. 3. That he might withal show, that he was the man, that should bring us out of spiritual Egypt into the promised Land.
22. His flight into Egypt, and his returne thence, was, 1. That he migt shew from the beginning of his age, that he was borne to undergoe misery. 2. That according to the condition to which he had submitted himselfe, he might provide for his life after the manner of men. 3. That he might withal shew, that he was the man, that should bring us out of spirituall Egypt into the promised Land.
23. In his subjection to his parents which pertaineth to the fifth precept of the Decalogue, he did show that he was subject to the whole moral Law. 1. Because ⟨p. 97⟩there is the same reason of one precept as of all. 2. Because there is no part of moral obedience from which Christ the Lord of Heaven and Earth might seem to be more free, then from subjection to men.
23. In his subjection to his parents which pertaineth to the fift precept of the Decalogue, he did shew that he was subject to the whole morall Law. 1. Because ⟨p. 97⟩there is the same reason of one precept as of all. 2. Because there is no part of morall obedience from which Christ the Lord of Heaven and Earth might seem to be more free, then from subjection to men.