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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.
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.
4. Passion unfits a man for discourse, and confounds both memory and understanding; so that as Aristotle hath observed 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; they that are in passion cannot discern nor judge of truth.
5. Christ loseth more by the passion then he gains by the disputation; for while you seek to honour him, he finds himself to be dishonoured.