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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 4 › Argument 5: The fifth provoking Argument.
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 fifth provoking Argument.
Fifthly, 1Your living in love will midwife into the World, that long looked, and longed for man-child of Reformation, with which we travel in birth to this very day.
Fifthly, 1Your living in love will midwife into the World, that long lookt, and longed for man-child of Reformation, with which we travel in birth to this very day.
- 15 Argument.
Alas! we are like Jacob and Esau, struggling in the womb for priority and Eldership, and so prove ⟨p. 47⟩our selves foolish children by standing in the way of breaking forth. Every body cries out, where is the Reformation? you promised us a Reformation; ah, will ye not lay it to heart? undoubtedly had you not fallen out about the way, you had come to your journeys end long since.
Alas! we are like Jacob and Esau, strugling in the wombe for priority and Eldership, and so prove