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Venning's remains, or, Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians, I. babes, II.…
Venning's remains, or, Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians, I. babes, II. little children, III. young men, IV. fathers : with their several characteristical differences and attainments, also the doctrines proper to be taught to each of them : being the substance of many sermons / preached by Ralph Venning and fitted by him for the press before his death.
London: printed for John Hancock senior and junior, 1675
Class 1 › Part 2: II. Of their being as Carnal and walking as men.
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7. These Babes live much more by Tradition and the example of men, than by rule or reason. They are as to their Faith a kind of implicit believers, and believe as the Church, or such and such a great wise and learned Doctor believes: and their practice is a kind of imitation of some men in such and such things. This made Paul speak to his Corinthians to follow him but as he followed Christ, if you will follow and have an example of me, look on me only as in, and walking in the steps of Christ Jesus, 1 Cor. 11.1,—3. I fear that to this day many persons take into such a track, because such and such men (whom they affect) do so, more than for any conviction that is upon them, or any account they can give that it is the way of God. But remember, Non quâitur, sed quâ cundum est, we should not walk by what is done, but by what ought to be done, Morth. 19.1,—9.
7. These Babes live much more by Tradition and the example of men, than by rule or reason. They are as to their Faith a kind of implicite believers, and believe as the Church, or such and such a great wise and learned Doctor believes: and their practice is a kind of imitation of some men in such and such things. This made Paul speak to his Corinthians to follow him but as he followed Christ, if you will follow and have an example of me, look on me only as in, and walking in the steps of Christ Jesus, 1 Cor. 11.1,—3. I fear that to this day many persons take into such a track, because such and such men (whom they affect) do so, more than for any conviction that is upon them, or any account they can give that it is the way of God. But remember, Non quâitur, sed quâ cundum est, we should not walk by what is done, but by what ought to be done, Morth. 19.1,—9.
8. They are as carnal in having more zeal ⟨p. 197⟩than knowledge to manage it: of the Jews the Apostle speaks thus,