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A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is
A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is, by pregnant texts of Scripture vindicated from false glosses / by Anthony Burgess.
London : s.n., 1658
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.
Alas, you may cease to wonder, for the Scripture God, the Scripture-Christ, in the Scripture way they do not think of, but a God and a Christ, which is a mere Idol in their own hearts set up by themselves.
Alas, you may cease to wonder, for the Scripture God, the Scripture-Christ, in the Scriptureway they do not think of, but a God and a Christ, which is a meer Idol in their own hearts set up by themselves.
Sixthly, The fleshly mind of a man is seen in running into extremes, and so never submitting themselves to Gods word, which is always the same: So that whereas in some the fleshly mind of man runneth out into superstitious and excessive ways of devotion, which God never required so in others again it ⟨p. 143⟩acteth the clean contrary way pretending to Enthusiasts, Revelations, and strange raptures and impulses of soul, and herein they think they are the only spiritual men, and that all others are in the flesh, but strong delusions under the pretence of Revelations, Apparitions and visions have been no new thing in the Church of God; neither are we to stagger in our saith, because of these things; for the flesh excited by the Devil, may vent it self in these ecstasies and raptures, as well as in superstitions; yea which is further to be observed, a man may be altogether fleshly, while he pretends to an high spiritual way of subduing and keeping down the flesh, Col. 2. 23. Those who were puffed up in their fleshly minds about Angel worship, yet are said to have a show of humility in not sparing the body, and this we may say to those deluded Papists, who macerate and excruciate the flesh of the body, it would be better, if they did cast out at the same time, their fleshly mind.
Sixthly, The fleshly mind of a man is seen in running into extreams, and so never submitting themselves to Gods word, which is alwayes the same: So that whereas in some the fleshly mind of man runneth out into superstitious and excessive wayes of devotion, which God never required so in others again it