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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.
Thus I have showed you wherein the Church and a commonwealth do agree, now I come to show you wherein they differ; as
Thus I have shewed you wherein the Church and a commonwealth doe agree, now I come to shew you wherein they differ; as
1. They are different in their Laws; a commonwealth hath Laws, Acts, and Ordinances to govern them, but the Church hath only the word of God to be their rule.
1. They are different in their Lawes; a commonwealth hath Laws, Acts, and Ordinances to govern them, but the Church hath onely the word of God to be their rule.
2. There is a difference in the extent of those Laws; the Law of a commonwealth doth only reach and extend to the outward man, that cannot rule the inward man, therefore we commonly say our thoughts are free, God only can search the heart and try the reins, but now the Law of the Church extends its self, to the searching of the soul and spirit, every thought and imagination of the heart; as the Apostle says, the Law is spiritual, but 1I am carnal.
2. There is a difference in the extent of those Laws; the Law of a commonwealth doth onely reach and extend to the outward man, that cannot rule the inward man, therefore we commonly say our thoughts are free, God onely can search the heart and try the reins, but now the Law of the Church extends its self, to the searching of the soul and spirit, every thought and imagination of the heart; as the Apostle sayes, the Law is spirituall, but