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An exposition of the principles of religion
An exposition of the principles of religion by Tho. Hooker.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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. No, because of the great distance between him and us; for when a man looketh upon the Sun, he cannot possibly endure it, because that is so glorious, and his eyes so feeble.
Q. How may we conceive of God?
Ans. 1. Cast down thy self before him, confessing thy unfitness to draw nigh him.
Ans. 1. Cast downe thy selfe before him, confessing thy unfitnesse to draw nigh him.
2. Look how he is set forth in his Word, as a gracious, glorious, eternal being, without any mixture of infirmity or disability. Man hath with power, weakness; with mercy, cruelty; God hath not so.
2. Look how he is set forth in his Word, as a gracious, glorious, eternall being, without any mixture of infirmity or disability. Man hath with power, weaknesse; with mercy, cruelty; God hath not so.