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The new command renewed, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity…The new command renew'd, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity…
The new command renewed, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, by several uniting principles, among which there are ten rules for a right understanding of scripture, very useful for these divided times / by Ralph Venning.The new command renew'd, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, by several uniting principles, among which there are ten rules for a right understanding of scripture, very useful for these divided times / by Ralph Venning.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1652
THE NEW COMMAND RENEWED: OR, Love one another. › Part 2 › Principle 10: The tenth Principle.
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.
Alas Christians! how will ye thus seek every man his own, and not the things of Jesus Christ? Oh how glad am I! my joy is now fulfilled saith John, at Christs increase, though his increase be my decrease; and Paul would rather starve himself and never eat flesh while he lived, then do any thing which should offend or sadden his weak Brother.
Alas Christians! how will ye thus seek every man his own, and not the things of Jesus Christ? Oh how glad am I! my joy is now fulfilled saith John, at Christs increase, though his increase be my decrease; and Paul would rather starve himselfe and never eate flesh while he lived, then do any thing which should offend or sadden his weake Brother.
Bodies ductile and tensile (metals that will be drawn into wires; wool and tow, which will be drawn into yarn or thread) have in them the appetite of not discontinuing so strong, that they will follow the force which wire draws and pulls them out, rather then discontinue or forsake their own bodies.
Bodies ductile and tensile (metalls that will be drawne into wires; wooll and towe, which will be drawn into yarne or thread) have in them the appetite of not discontinuing so strong, that they will follow the force which wire draws and pulls them out, rather then discontinue or forsake their owne bodies.
Cratisiclea the mother of Cleomenes, (when he was loth to send her for a pledge into Egypt) said unto him; come, come, put me into a ship, and send me whether thou wilt, that this body of mine may do some good to my Country, before crooked age consume my life without profit.
Cratisiclea the mother of Cleomenes, (when he was loth to send her for a pledge into Aegypt) said unto him; come, come, put me into a ship, and send me whether thou wilt, that this body of mine may do some good to my Countrey, before crooked age consume my life without profit.