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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. To be without the knowledge of the true God. 2. To be without the true worship of the true God. 3. To be without a true obedience to the true God; And 4. To be without a peculiar interest and propriety in God.
1. To be without God, is to be without the knowledge of the true God; then a man is said to be without God, when he doth not know the true God. Every man in the World hath something or other to be his God, as in Jonah 1. 5, 6. when there was a great tempest upon the Sea, and the ship like to be cast away that Jonah was in, it is said, that every man prayed ⟨p. 235⟩to his God, and Jonah be prayed to the Lord his God, and so in Micah 4. 5. For all people will 1walk every one in the name of his God, and we will walk in the name of our God for ever and ever. Every man may have something to worship as a God, and yet be without the true God, those are said to be without God, that are without the knowledge of the true God, as you may see in 2 Chr. 15. 3. it is said there, that for a long time Israel was without the true God; without God, how so? doth not God rule and govern and preserve the World? yes, but they are said to be without God, because they were without the knowledge of God, for if you mark the next words, it is said, they were without the teaching Priest, and without the Law, so that all the while they lay in ignorance of the true God, they were said to be without God.
1. To be without God, is to be without the knowledge of the true God; then a man is said to be without God, when he doth not know the true God. Every man in the World hath something or other to be his God, as in