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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…

Name: The new command renewed, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity…
Author: Ralph Venning

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.

Ralph Venning 1621?–1674London: printed for John Rothwell, 1652

[2], 50, [1] p. · 13k words · Wing V214 · ESTC R3161

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THE NEW COMMAND RENEWED: OR, Love one another. › Part 1 › Principle 6: The sixth Principle.

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The sixth Principle.

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6. ¹Let not custom bear sway for or against an opinion. Let not Antiquity or Novelty make you respect or disrespect a truth; father truth for truths sake whether old or new. Though all truth be old^*, yet our sight of truth may be new; why then should new light be a trouble to some, or tradition a burden to others? why should Divine or Orthodox, or Orthodox Divine grow out of date? or why should not a Gospel-Preacher be in season? Some like words and practices because of custom; others have no other reason for their dislike. Never walk by what hath been done, or what is done, unless it be ⟨p. 18⟩what ought to be done. Reduce things to their primitive institution; and then see what God saith of them, ³as our Saviour told the Pharisees, Matth. 19.8. Though Moses for the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your Wives, yet from the beginning it was not so.

6. ¹Let not custome beare sway for or against an opinion. Let not Antiquity or Novelty make you respect or disrespect a truth; father truth for truths sake whether old or new. Though all truth be old^*, yet our sight of truth may be new; why then should new light be a trouble to some, or tradition a burthen to others? why should Divine or Orthodox, or Orthodox Divine grow out of date? or why should not a Gospell-Preacher be in season? Some like words and practices because of custome; others have no other reason for their dislike. Never walk by what hath been done, or what is done, unles it be

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Ralph Venning 1621?–1674

Place

London

Bookseller

John Rothwell

Year

1652

Size

[2], 50, [1] p.

Words

13,213

Catalogue

Wing V214 · ESTC R3161

Text

EEBO-TCP A64822

Passages

261

Sections

Title page

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 sixth Principle.

The seventh Principle.

The eighth Principle.

The nineth Principle.

The tenth Principle.

PART. II. In the mean time let us like Christians observe these ensuing Principles. ¹They are as salve and you may guess at the nature of our wounds by them; I shall leave the application of them to the blessing of God.

PART. II. In the mean time let us like Christians observe these ensuing Principles. ¹They are as salve and you may guesse at the nature of our wounds by them; I shall leave the application of them to the blessing of God.

Transcription key

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

The sixth Principle.

The seventh Principle.

The eighth Principle.

The nineth Principle.

The tenth Principle.

PART. II. In the mean time let us like Christians observe these ensuing Principles. 1They are as salve and you may guess at the nature of our wounds by them; I shall leave the application of them to the blessing of God.

PART. II. In the mean time let us like Christians observe these ensuing Principles. 1They are as salve and you may guesse at the nature of our wounds by them; I shall leave the application of them to the blessing of God.

Transcription key

PART. II. In the mean time let us like Christians observe these ensuing Principles. ¹They are as salve and you may guess at the nature of our wounds by them; I shall leave the application of them to the blessing of God.

PART. II. In the mean time let us like Christians observe these ensuing Principles. ¹They are as salve and you may guesse at the nature of our wounds by them; I shall leave the application of them to the blessing of God.