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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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Answ. Not our natural being (that we have of the parents of our flesh) but a supernatural, and spiritual being, which the Scripture termeth ia new birth, ka new man, la new creature. This spiritual being is not in regard of the substance of our soul, or body, or of any of the powers or parts, faculties or members of them (for all these we have by lineal descent from Adam, and all these have all sorts of men, as well they who are not of the Church, as they who are of it) but in regard of the integrity, goodness, and divine qualities which are in them 4even that holiness and righteousness wherewith the Church is endued and adorned. As we are natural men we are of Adam, as we are spiritual men we are of Christ.
Answ. Not our naturall being (that we haue of the parents of our flesh) but a supernaturall, and spirituall being, which the Scripture termeth