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The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August…The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August…
The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
London: printed by T. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1663
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.
4. Symmetry and an exact proportion of parts, and equal temperament of humours one with another, which in regard of Spiritual Beauty is called by nthe Apostle [Greek or Hebrew], an exactness of Obedience; when there is such a due temper of Piety to God, Sobriety to our selves, and Righteousness to others, that none of these do obstruct the other, but that there is an equalo respect to all Gods Commandments, and such a supply and accurate distribution of vital influence, unto every member of the new man, that no part doth either swell or wither, that Zeal is not blind, nor Knowledge unfruitful, nor Faith without Love, nor the Duties of one Table without those of another; but that we g•ow up untop Christ in all things, and have an effectual working in the measure of every part.
4. Symmetry and an exact proportion of parts, and equal temperament of humours one with another, which in regard of Spiritual Beauty is called by nthe Apostle 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, an exactnesse of Obedience; when there is such a due temper of Piety to God, Sobriety to our selves, and Righteousness to others, that none of these do obstruct the other, but that there is an equalo respect to all Gods Commandments, and such a supply and accurate distribution of vital influence, unto every member of the new man, that no part doth either swell or wither, that Zeal is not blind, nor Knowledge unfruitful, nor Faith without Love, nor the Duties of one Table without those of another; but that we g•ow up untop Christ in all things, and have an effectual working in the measure of every part.
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