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Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints
Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints : opened in some practical meditations upon the death of Mrs. Anne Browne, late wife of Mr. Peter Browne of Hammersmith / by Thomas Case ...
London: printed by A.M., 1666
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.
But now their Gracious and Holy Gonversations, they are properly Registered for our imitation; to the intent we should tread in their steps, (1 Cor. 4.17. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, &c. who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ) and might be taught by Pattern, as well as by Precept.
But now their Gracious and Holy Gonversations, they are properly Registred for our imitation; to the intent we should tread in their steps, (1 Cor. 4.17. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, &c. who shall bring you into remembrance of my waies which be in Christ) and might be taught by Pattern, as well as by Precept.
Thus Abraham stands in Scripture as a pattern for our faith and self-denial. David for a pattern of our sincerity, a man after Gods own heart. Inch of our walking with God, &c.
Thus Abraham stands in Scripture as a pattern for our faith and self-denyal. David for a pattern of our sincerity, a man after Gods own heart. Encch of our walking with God, &c.
Why now, if we mind them not, and care not to imitate them, we sin against the design of the Scripture, and bid God (as it were) keep his Copies to himself, we need them not; or we desire not to f•llow them.
VVhy now, if we mind them not, and care not to imitate them, we sin against the design of the Scripture, and bid God (as it were) keep his Copies to himself, we need them not; or we desire not to fllow them.