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The arrogancy of reason against divine revelations, repressed
The arrogancy of reason against divine revelations, repressed, or, Proud ignorance the cause of infidelity, and of mens quarrelling with the word of God
London: printed by T.N. for Tho. Underhil, 1655
THE Arrogancy of REASON against Divine Relations, Repressed.
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.
THE Arrogancy of REASON against Divine Relations, Repressed.
JOHN 3. 9. Nicodemus answered and said unto him; How can these things be?
IN the beginning of this Chapter you have a Lecture read by the Great Teacher of the Church, to a Scholar that was newly entering into his School He is yet but a Catechumenus in preparation to be a Christian, rather then one indeed; having good thoughts of Christ, but not believing in him as the Messiah, nor engaged by Baptism to be one of his Disciples: And accordingly doth Christ suit his Doctrine to his condition, and teach him first the great Principle of Christianity. What success it had at first, we find in the Text, but not ⟨p. 6⟩what was the issue at last: Though by other Texts we may probably conjecture.
IN the beginning of this Chapter you have a Lecture read by the Great Teacher of the Church, to a Scholar that was newly entring into his School He is yet but a Catechumenus in preparation to be a Christian, rather then one indeed; having good thoughts of Christ, but not believing in him as the Messiah, nor engaged by Baptism to be one of his Disciples: And accordingly doth Christ suit his Doctrine to his condition, and teach him first the great Principle of Christianity. What success it had at first, we finde in the Text, but not ⟨p. 6⟩what was the issue at last: Though by other Texts we may probably conjecture.