A64833:493
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
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.
CHAP. II. What is meant by their being Strong.
THE Text tells us that these Young men are ([Greek or Hebrew]) strong. The great Critic Hesy•hius makes the word equivalent with ([Greek or Hebrew] Calcator) a treader down, and with ([Greek or Hebrew], Firmus) a settled and fixed person; and both these are suitable to the thing in hand: for our Young man is a conqueror and hath trodden down strength, viz. the Devil under foot, which is the usual phrase to denote conquest, victory and triumph, as may be seen in Deut. 33.29. Josh. 10.24, 25. Psal. 44.5. Rom. 16.20. beside many other places which speak to the same purpose. The other word ([Greek or Hebrew]) which signifies a settled person is p•t to the case also, for settlement flows from victory: others are apt to be tossed to and fro, but these conquerors are fixed and immovable.
THE Text tells us that these Young men are (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) strong. The great Critick Hesy•hius makes the word equivalent with (〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Calcator) a treader down, and with (〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Firmus) a settled and fixed person; and both these are suitable to the thing in hand: for our Young man is a conqueror and hath trodden down strength, viz. the Devil under foot, which is the usu•l phrase to denote conquest, victory and triumph, as may be seen in