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Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…
Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of young men, the one Decemb. 25, 1666, the other Decemb. 25, 1667 / by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
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.
In all the Word of God is most excellent.
1. The Doctrine of the Word of God is most excellent. In the Word you have the highest Doctrines, concerning God, his one Nature in thr•e Persons; concerning Christ, his two Natures in one Person; concerning the Church, the mystical union of Christ the head, and all Believers his members; concerning mans Redemption by Christs death; concerning the way of mans salvation by the Covenant of Grace, and the like. Look into all the writings of Philosophers and the wisest Heathens that ever wrote, who have had the greatest learning, and largest understanding of things, and you shall find no Doctrine they have taught to be in the least comparable with the Doctrine of the Scriptures. What are all the Arts and Sciences in the World? what are the most subtle speculations, the most accurate and rational discourses concerning the secrets and mysteries of Nature, in which the most knowing have been puzzled, and fallen short of a full understanding, in comparison with the Doctrine of the Word, and the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, which are revealed in the Scriptures?
1. The Doctrine of the Word of God is most excellent. In the Word you have the highest Doctrines, concerning God, his one Nature in thr•e Persons; concerning Christ, his two Natures in one Person; concerning the Church, the mystical union of Christ the head, and all Believers his members; concerning mans Redemption by Christs death; concerning the way of mans salvation by the Covenant of Grace, and the like. Look into all the writings of Philosophers and the wisest Heath•ns that ever wrote, who have had the greatest learning, and largest understanding of things, and you shall finde no Doctrine they have taught to be in the least comparable with the Doctrine of the Scriptures. What are all the Arts and Sciences in the World? what are the most subtle speculations, the most accurate and rational discourses concerning the secrets and mysteries of Nature, in which the most knowing have been puzzled, and fallen short of a full understanding, in comparison with the Doctrine of the Word, and the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, which are revealed in the Scriptures?