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The surest & safest way of thriving, or, A conviction of that grand mistake…
The surest & safest way of thriving, or, A conviction of that grand mistake in many, that what is given to the poor, is a loss to their estate : which is so directly contrary as to the experiences of the charitable : so to the testimony of God's spirit in divers places of Scripture ... by Thomas Gouge ...
London: printed for William Rawlins, 1673
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.
I. For the first, who is here meant by a Prophet; and who by a Righteous man.
By a Prophet our Saviour here meaneth not only extraordinary Ministers, such as were immediately and extraordinarily inspired by the Holy Ghost; or who had extraordinary revelations to foretell things to come: but also ordinary Ministers of the word, and interpreters of the Scriptures, as Joh. 4. 44. Rev. 11. 18.
By a Prophet our Saviour here meaneth not onely extraordinary Ministers, such as were immediatly and extraordinarily inspired by the Holy Ghost; or who had extraordinary revelations to foretell things to come: but also ordinary Ministers of the word, and interpreters of the Scriptures, as Ioh. 4. 44. Rev. 11. 18.
By Righteous men he meaneth his Saints, or such as testify their justification through faith in Christ, by their sanctification, and fruits of a good conscience, whom commonly the Scripture stileth Saints.
By Righteous men he meaneth his Saints, or such as testifie their justification thorow faith in Christ, by their sanctification, and fruits of a good conscience, whom commonly the Scripture stileth Saints.