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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
They are builders, therefore it is not enough to square the stones, and bring profitable matter, but application makes the building go forward, and that is the laying of one stone upon another, yea it is that wherein practising consists, interpretation and application, to expound and apply; what else did Paul mean, when he bad Timothy 1to divide the word, to wit, not to deliver it in gross, but tell them in particular, such a thing serves to cut down such a sin: for when the word is applied it is a searching plaster. First to draw out corruption and then to heal. I appeal to every mans breast, if the word be not more effectual when it is applied, for then men fall down and say that God is in them of a truth, viz. you speak in the evidence of the spirit, 1 Cor. 14. 25.
They are builders, therefore it is not enough to square the stones, and bring profitable matter, but application makes the building go forward, and that is the laying of one stone upon another, yea it is that wherein practising consists, interpretation and application, to expound and apply; what else did Paul mean, when he bad Timothy 1to divide the word, to wit, not to deliver it in gross, but tell them in particular, such a thing serves to cut down such a sin: for when the word is applyed it is a searching plaister. First to draw out corruption and then to heal. I appeal to every mans breast, if the word be not more effectual when it is applied, for then men fall down and say that God is in them of a truth, viz. you speak in the evidence of the spirit, 1 Cor. 14. 25.
- 1Tim. 2. 15.
If the matter be good and substantial it is no matter, the Hearers may apply it, therefore it is supervacaneous