A34165:1289
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
IN these words two things observable, First, A Supposition, which is double. 1. If you know these things. 2. If •e do these things. There be many that do, but do not know, do not understand; there be many that know, but do not do, do not practise. But our Saviours saying to his Disciples, is, If you know first, and then, If you do. Knowing without doing is unprofitable; Doing without knowing is impossible. Secondly, a Position; If you so know it to do, then [Greek or Hebrew] blessed, happy are ye.
IN these words two things observable, First, A Supposition, which is double. 1. If you know these things. 2. If •e do these things. There be many that do, but do not know, do not understand; there be many that know, but do not do, do not practise. But our Saviours saying to his Disciples, is, If you know first, and then, If you do. Knowing without doing is unprofitable; Doing without knowing is impossible. Secondly, a Position; If you so know it to do, then 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 blessed, happy are ye.
First, For the Supposition, which is double. First, If you know: This word Knowledge in Scripture, contains two things:
1. It intimates an act of the mind or understanding, if you know. 2. It imports an act of the memory, or retentive faculty of the soul, if you so know as to remember. From both these significations, you have these two observations: 1. Our first great care should be this, With all seriousness to apply our selves to the knowledge of the things of the Gospel. We must with the Angels [Greek or Hebrew], stoop down to look into, to have a clear, through, perfect sight of those things that are discovered in the Crystal Glass of the Gospel. We must look into the perfect Law of Liberty,