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The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present…
The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present mortal state by J. Howe ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Sa. Gellibrand, 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.
Theirs are not brutal groans, the complaint of oppressed sensitive nature under a present evil; but rational and spiritual, the expressions of desire strongly carried to pursue an apprehended suitable good.
Theirs are not brutal groans, the complaint of opprest sensitive nature under a present evil; but rational and spiritual, the expressions of desire strongly carri'd to pursue an apprehended suitable good.
The truest notion we can yet have of the primitive nature and capacity of man, is by beholding it in its gradual restitution. And is it agreeable to the goodness of God to put such a nature into any, and with-hold the suitable object? As if it were a pleasure to him to behold the work of his own hands spending it self in weary strugglings towards him, and vexed all the while it continues in being, with the desire of what it shall never enjoy? and which he hath made it desire, and ⟨p. 67⟩therein encouraged it to expect?
The truest notion we can yet have of the primitive nature and capacity of man, is by beholding it in its gradual restitution. And is it agreeable to the goodness of God to put such a nature into any, and with-hold the suitable object? As if it were a pleasure to him to behold the work of his own hands spending it self in weary struglings towards him, and vext all the while it continues in being, with the desire of what it shall never enjoy? and which he hath made it desire, and ⟨p. 67⟩therein encouraged it to expect?