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Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein…
Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunned, so that all true Christians, of what persuasion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.
London: printed by J.D., 1680
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But how may we gather that God is thus excellent from his being called a Spirit? Thus; Jesus Christ here discovers the Divine Nature, by the most excellent thing that is vulgarly known, to wit, the Spirit of Man: Hereby he plainly signifies the Excellency of God. And in that he discovers this Excellency, not as it is in it self, but by a Shadow, he clearly intimates, that this Excellency of God is such, and so exceeding great, that we now cannot perceive the same, as it is in it self, being far above the present strength of our Understanding, and way of Knowledge.
But how may we gather that God is thus excellent from his being called a Spirit? Thus; Jesus Christ here discovers the Divine Nature, by the most excellent thing that is vulgarly known, to wit, the Spirit of Man: Hereby he plainly signifies the Excellency of God. And in that he discovers this Excellency, not as it is in it self, but by a Shadow, he clearly intimates, that this Excellency of God is such, and so exceeding great, that we now cannot perceive the same, as it is in it self, being far above the present strength of our Understanding, and way of Knowledg.
The like we are to observe in many other scriptural forms of Speech, concerning some ⟨p. 31⟩things that are Spiritual, and those things that pertain to another World. See John 3.10, 11, 12. It was said, That the Spirit of Man may be unto us in some manner, a Shadow of God. It is necessary thus to conceive, for otherwise, the term Spirit would here signify nothing at all: for it cannot be taken in its proper signification here, and can in no other be accepted, but in that we call Metaphorical.]
The like we are to observe in many other scriptural forms of Speech, concerning some ⟨p. 31⟩things that are Spiritual, and those things that pertain to another World. See