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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 1 › Principle 2 › Such as these.
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.
1. 1So much passion as there is, so much there is to no purpose; yea to an ill purpose.
- 1Tha wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.Tha wrath of man worketh not the righteousnesse of God.
2. Passion usually ariseth more from and for self then Christ.
3. Passion hinders the efficacy of the argument; for the tingling of passion hinders the sound of truth.
4. Passion unfits a man for discourse, and confounds both memory and understanding; so that as Aristotle hath observed [Greek or Hebrew]; they that are in passion cannot discern nor judge of truth.