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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
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.
1. In a commonwealth there are people of different degrees, ranks, callings, and qualities, all are not Princes, nor are all Rulers, all are not Merchants, nor are all rich, there are men of all degrees, callings ⟨p. 104⟩and qualities, some are rich, some poor, some high, some low, some masters, some servants, and the like; now in this regard, the Church may be compared to a Commonwealth, for in the Church of God some are high, some low, some rich, some poor, some men grown up to a full stature in Christ, others are but new beginners and babes in Christ; some men are rich in gifts, when others are but poor and mean; some are strong in grace, like the Oak, when others are but like a broken reed. As in a Commonwealth, so in the Church of God, there are men of several ranks, degrees, callings, qualities, and conditions, as in 1 Cor. 12. 8, 9, 10. All men have 1not the same manner of gifts, for to one is given the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, to another Faith, to another the gifts of healing, to another the works of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, and to another the interpretation of tongues, but all these worketh that one and the same spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will: as it is in the natural body, so it is in the spiritual body, that body would be a monstrous body, if the thumb were as big as the arm, and the arm as big as the body, and every part as big as the whole; just so it is in the Church, it is the beauty of it, to have a variety of condition.
1. In a commonwealth there are people of different degrees, ranks, callings, and qualities, all are not Princes, nor are all Rulers, all are not Merchants, nor are all rich, there are men of all degrees, callings ⟨p. 104⟩and qualities, some are rich, some poore, some high, some low, some masters, some servants, and the like; now in this regard, the Church may be compared to a Commonwealth, for in the Church of God some are high, some low, some rich, some poore, some men grown up to a full stature in Christ, others are but new beginners and babes in Christ; some men are rich in gifts, when others are but poore and mean; some are strong in grace, like the Oak, when others are but like a broken reed. As in a Commonwealth, so in the Church of God, there are men of severall ranks, degrees, callings, qualities, and conditions, as in