A68107:1284
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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Quest. How is it then that the Church is so basely and miserably 1respected in the world?
- 1Why the Church basely accounted of. 1 Joh. 3. 1.Why the Church basely accounted of. 1 Ioh. 3. 1.
Answ. The world knoweth us not, because it knoweth not Christ. It knoweth not Christ the head of this body: it knoweth not the body which is Christ. Let not us who know both head and body, the near union which is betwixt them, and the privileges which follow thereupon, be daunted, neither with the scoffs or scorns of the world, nor with our own outward weaknesses, wants, and calamities. What would he that hath Christ, have more?
Answ. The world knoweth vs not, because it knoweth not Christ. It knoweth not Christ the head of this body: it knoweth not the body which is Christ. Let not vs who know both head and body, the neere vnion which is betwixt them, and the priuiledges which follow thereupon, be danted, neither with the scoffes or scornes of the world, nor with our owne outward weaknesses, wants, and calamities. What would he that hath Christ, haue more?