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The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer
The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believer by Thomas Watson.The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
THE CHRISTIANS Charter. › Chapter 13: The Eighth Prerogative Royal.
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.
3. They shall be amiable; beauty consists in two things. 1. Symmetry and proportion, when all the parts are drawn out in their exact lineaments. 2. Complexion when there is a mixture and variety in the colours, white and sanguine: thus the bodies of the Saints shall have a transcendency of beauty, put upon them. Here the body is called a vile body: Vile ortu, in its birth and production:* de limo terrae, of the dust of the earth: The earth is the most ignoble element*. And vile ⟨p. 191⟩officio, in the use that it is put to, the soul oft useth the body as a weapon to fight against God*; but this vile body shall be ennobled and beautified with glory, it shall be made like Christs body*.
3. They shall be amiable; beauty consists in two things. 1. Symmetry and proportion, when all the parts are drawn out in their exact lineaments. 2. Complexion when there is a mixture and variety in the colours, white and sanguine: thus the bodies of the Saints shall have a transcendency of beauty, put upon them. Here the body is call'd a vile body: Vile ortu, in its birth and production:* de limo terrae, of the dust of the earth: The earth is the most ignoble element*. And vile ⟨p. 191⟩officio, in the use that it is put to, the soul oft useth the body as a weapon to fight against God*; but this vile body shall be ennobled and beautified with glory, it shall be made like Christs body*