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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 5: The fifth 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.
The fifth Principle.
5. 1Weigh not who speaks, nor how it is spoken, but what is spoken; you should not overvalue, nor undervalue a truth, because ye like or dislike the party or his manner of speaking. Sometime (according to the Proverb) we dandle the child for love of the Nurse, and take up an opinion for his sake that brings it; *and others refuse an opinion because such a one holds it.
- 15 Principle, weigh what is spoken.
- *Maldonate said of the explication of a place of Scripture, that it was most agreeable to antiquity, but because Calvin h•d so interpreted it, he would choose a new one. Phil. 4.15Maldonate said of the explication of a place of Scripture, that it was most agreeable to antiquity, but because Calvin h•d so interpreted it, he would chuse a new one. Phil. 4.15