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An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ, and our union and communion with him by Edward Polhill ..., Esquire.
London: printed for Ben. Foster, 1675
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.
Joh. 14.6, 7. Jesus saith, I am the Way,1 the Truth and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If you had known me, you should have known my Father: and henceforth you have known him and seen him; that is, I alone declare the true way to Life and Happiness; no man can thoroughly understand the Will of God but by learning of me: Whoever ⟨p. 30⟩knows me, whoever is acquainted with the Doctrine and Religion I preach, knows my Father also, that is, is thoroughly instructed in God's Mind and Will.
- 1Mr. Sherlock.
Christ is the Way, 1the Truth and the Life; how so? He declared the true way to Life and happiness. Is this the all of it? Is he only the Declarer and not the Author of Life? Doth he not work it in us by the power of his Spirit and Grace? Hath he not purchased a place in heaven for us by his Blood? and doth he not consecrate a new and living Way thither through the Veil of his Flesh? It cannot be denied. Hear the Learned Bishop Wren against the Racovian Catechist. Vidit Dives in inferno, ubi sinus Abrahae erat, sed monitus est de magno Chasmate intercedente nè possint congredi: Via arboris vitae extabat, sed ab acie versatilis gladii custodita: Aeger ad Bethesdam positus diu jam vider at viam in stagnum, sed movere se clinicus non poterat: Nôrunt & piae foeminae viam in sepulchrum Domini; pariter nôrunt saxo obturari: Ipsi denique Parenti horum Barjesu ostensa est à Paulo conversionis & reconciliationis via; verùm ille eò se caeciorem factum ducéque plus egentem indicavit. Respondeat igitur, an viam Christus, quam ostendit, aperuit? ⟨p. 31⟩an Pontem paravit trajiciendo Chasmati? an versatilem avertit gladium? saxum revolvit? clinicum excitavit? caecum collyrio beavit suo? Reconciliationis hae primariae partes sunt; sine his praeviis, nihil est omnis conversio, frustrà via omnis convertendi, incassum omnis viae ostensio. And afterwards speaking of Christ being the way, he shows how he was so; Non solùm quòd revelavit iis, quae Deus volebat eos scire, sed etiam quod [Greek or Hebrew],