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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 3 › Principle 2 › Rule 1: The first Rule.
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.
The first Rule.
1. 1That the Father, Son and Spirit; as they are one, so they agree in one, 1 Joh. 5.7, 8. they have but one design. The Father, Son and Spirit are not like the gods of the heathen (which indeed are not gods) always quarrelling one with another, clashing against, and contradicting one another, though they will many things, their will is but one.
1. 1That the Father, Son and Spirit; as they are one, so they agree in one, 1 Joh. 5.7, 8. they have but one designe. The Father, Son and Spirit are not like the gods of the heathen (which indeed are not gods) always quarrelling one with another, clashing against, and contradicting one another, though they will many things, their will is but one.
- 1The first Rule.
Therefore if you find in Scripture, that the Sons design in Redemption, seems to be of larger extent then the Fathers in Election, and the Spirits in Sanctification, reconcile it by this rule, for there is but one and the same object of the Fathers Election, the Sons Redemption, and the Spirits Sanctification to eternal life.