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A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto
A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto by death some part whereof was preached on occasion of the death of John Hoghton Esq, eldest son of Sir Charles Hoghton of Hoghton-Tower in the county of Lancaster, Baronet / by John Howe ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1699
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.
And therefore so mu•h the more magnifies God, and our Redeemer, by how much the less considerable we, and our World are. But that hence we should so over magnify this World, as if nothing were considerable that lies without its compass, is most perversely to misconstrue the most amazing condescension.
And therefore so mu•h the more magnifies God, and our Redeemer, by how much the less considerable we, and our World are. But that hence we should so over magnifie this World, as if nothing were considerable that lies without its compass, is most perversly to misconstrue the most amazing condescension.
The Spirit of God, by Holy David, teaches us to reason the quite contrary way. And from the consideration he had of the vastness, and splendour, of the ⟨p. 144⟩upper World, of the Heavens, the Moon and Stars, &c. not to magnify but diminish our World of Mankind, and say, What is Man?
The Spirit of God, by Holy David, teaches us to reason the quite contrary way. And from the consideration he had of the vastness, and splendor, of the ⟨p. 144⟩upper World, of the Heavens, the Moon and Stars, &c. not to magnifie but diminish our World of Mankind, and say, What is Man?
And let us further consider,