A64833:340
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
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2. The second Branch of this Use is to exhort Babes to be humbled that they are but Babes, i. e. as carnal, and not past the spoon, and so incapable of having strong meat to eat, or of any more than the Alphabet of Religion, such as we Preach to sinners, viz. Repentance, and Faith towards God, &c. which is but Milk: and this especially concerns them, who are old in years, and yet but Babes as to understanding and practice, who have been professors of long standing, but little proficiency. 'Tis a prime part of the Christians ingenuity to be low and vile in his own eyes, under the sense of imperfections and defects, yea and that though God be pacified towards him, Ezek. 16.60,—63. ⟨p. 234⟩Let Babes therefore that are as carnal, though they be in Christ Jesus, be very humble in the sense of their defectiveness, and, which is worse, their carnality. Especially considering,
2. The second Branch of this Use is to exhort Babes to be humbled that they are but Babes, i. e. as carnal, and not past the spoon, and so incapable of having strong meat to eat, or of any more than the Alphabet of Religion, such as we Preach to sinners, viz. Repentance, and Faith towards God, &c. which is but Milk: and this especially concerns them, who are old in years, and yet but Babes as to understanding and practice, who have been professors of long standing, but little proficiency. 'Tis a prime part of the Christians ingenuity to be low and vile in his own eyes, under the sense of impersections and defects, yea and that though God be pacified towards him, Ezek. 16.60,—63. ⟨p. 234⟩Let Babes therefore that are as carnal, though they be in Christ Jesus, be very humble in the sense of their defectiveness, and, which is worse, their carnality. Especially considering,