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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
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.
A second Conclusion I lay down is this, 1This immediate intuitive Vision is not therefore to be denied, because there are some Arguments against it which we know not how to answer, for there are Arguments for it, which carry in them great probability, and will difficultly be solved, and the state of bliss is such, as eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor did ever yet enter into the heart of man.
- 12 Conclusion
Thirdly, 1Therefore, Scripture is to be searched, and if the phrases thereof do hold out such a vision, we may warrantably receive it; if not, it must be rejected, or at least be left as a Problem to be disputed rather in the Schools, than to be handled in Pulpits.
Thirdly, 1Therefore, Scripture is to be searched, and if the phrases thereof do hold out such a vision, we may warrantably receive it; if not, it must be rejected, or at least be left as a Probleme to be disputed rather in the Schools, than to be handled in Pulpits.
- 13 Conclusion
A fourth Conclusion is this, 1The expressions of Scripture do not necessarily infer an intuitive immediate vision of the divine essence; This can be proved only by examination of the particular places that are brought by the assertors of this Vision. They are either of the old or of the new Testament.