A29686:612
A cabinet of choice jewels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain…A cabinet of choice jevvels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain…
A cabinet of choice jewels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain discovery of, or, what men are worth for eternity, and how 'tis like to go with them in another world ... / by Thomas Brooks ...A cabinet of choice jevvels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain discovery of, or, what men are worth for eternity, and how 'tis like to go with them in another world ... / by Thomas Brooks ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock ..., 1669
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So Paul who had been caught up into the th••d heav••,1 […] learned his divinity among the Angels, as one speaks; and had such glorious Revelations as could not be uttered, yet he accounts himself less than the least of all Saints, Eph• ▪ •.8• Unto me who am less than the least of all Saints. 2The Greek is […] comparative made of a superlative, less than the least […] Saints is a double diminutive, and signifies lesser than the least, if lesser might be, (not that any thing can be less than the least) Paul's rhetoric doth not cross Aristotle's Philosophy, the original word being a double diminutive; his meaning is, that he was as little as could be, therefore he put himself down so little, as could not be less than the least. Here you have the greatest Apostle descending down to the lowest step of humility; great Paul is least of Saints,3 last of the Apostles, and greatest of sinners.
So Paul who had been caught up into the th••d heav••,1 〈…〉 learned his divinity among the Angels, as one speaks; and had such glorious Revelations as could not be uttered, yet he accounts himself less than the least of all Saints, Eph• ▪ •.8• Unto me who am less than the least of all Saints. 2The Greek is comparative made of a superlative, less than the least Saints is a double diminutive, and signifies lesser than the least, if lesser might be, (not that any thing can be less than the least) Paul's rhetorick doth not cross Aristotles Philosophy, the original word being a double dimintive; his meaning is, that he was as little as could be, therefore he put himself down so little, as could not be less than the least. Here you have the greatest Apostle descending down to the lowest step of humility; great Paul is least of Saints,