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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 Every man without Jesus Christ he is a base man. 2 He is a bondman: 3 He is a beggarly man: 4 He is a blind man: ⟨p. 23⟩5 He is a deformed man: 6 He is a disconsolate man: 7 He is a dead man; and 8 He is a damned man.
1 Every man without Jesus Christ he is a base man. 2 He is a bondman: 3 He is a beggerly man: 4 He is a blinde man: ⟨p. 23⟩5 He is a deformed man: 6 He is a disconsolate man: 7 He is a dead man; and 8 He is a damn'd man.
These are the eight properties of a man without Jesus Christ: §11 Every man without Jesus Christ is a base man; though thou art born of the blood of Nobles, and though thou art of the off-spring of Princes, yet if thou hast not the Royal blood of Jesus Christ running in thy veins, thou art a base man. In Dan. 11. 21. and in Psal. 15. 4. in both those places you read of vile persons; such is every man without Christ: and he must needs be so, because it is only Christ that can take off that baseness wherein every one is by nature; as in Esa. 43. 4. says God, Since thou wert precious in mine eyes, thou becamest honourable, and in 1 Pet. 2. 7. Unto you which believe Christ is precious, it is Jesus Christ, that puts a Diamond of honour and glory upon men, they are all base men that are out of Jesus Christ, and that in these three respects:
These are the eight properties of a man without Jesus Christ: