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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 9 › Section 2
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Yet take this with these cautious, 1. All the Church of Gods Elect are not so, all are not in such a low condition, though most are, for the Text saith, not many noble, rich, mighty, but some such there always are, for the great support of the Church, when Kings are nursing Fathers, and Queens are nursing mothers to the Churches, Isai. 49.23.
Yet take this with these cautious, 1. All the Church of Gods Elect are not so, all are not in such a low condition, though most are, for the Text saith, not many noble, rich, mighty, but some such there alwayes are, for the great support of the Church, when Kings are nu•sing Fathers, and Queens are nursing mothers to the Churches, Isai. 49.23.
2, Again, take this caution, that this low condition of the Church shall not always be so, for in the latter days Jesus Christ will more plentifully pour out p••s •rity, grace, which though it hath been more rarely dispensed hitherunto, yet it seemeth to me, that it shall be otherwise in the glorious times of the Church in this world as may be gathered out of the Prophesies of Isaiah from the sixty Chapter and so forward: and from many other Scriptures.
2, Again, take this caution, that this low condition of the Church shall not alwa•es be so, for in the latter dayes Jesus Christ will more plentifully pour out p••s •rity, grace, which though it hath been more rarely dispenced hitherunto, yet it seemeth to me, that it shall be otherwise in the glorious times of the Church in this world as may be gathered out of the Prophesies of Isaiah from the sixty Chapter and so forward: and from many other Scriptures.