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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
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.
1. Simply in it self, because the matter thereof is deep, 1difficult, weighty, and of great moment.
1. Simply in it selfe, because the matter thereof is deepe, 1difficult, waightie, and of great moment.
- 11. Use. The mystery of our union with Christ not to be measured with the last of our reason.1. Vse. The mysterie of our vnion with Christ not to be measured with the last of our reason.
2. Comparatively in relation to other mysteries: no mystery revealed in Gods word comparable to it.
2. Comparatiuely in relation to other mysteries: no mysterie reuealed in Gods word comparable to it.
Let us not presume to measure it with the line of our own reason. It being a great mystery, it is above our capacity: yet because it is revealed we must believe it, as we do the ⟨p. 125⟩mysteries of the Trinity, of Christs eternal generation, of the personal union of his two natures, of the proceeding of the holy Ghost, with the like; because the word hath revealed them, though we cannot fully see the reason of them. Herein lieth a main difference betwixt our estate in this world and in the world to come: here we must believe what we know but in part: there we shall perfectly know whatsoever is to be believed. Preachers can but in part make known this mystery, and hearers can but in part conceive it, let us therefore wait for perfect understanding of it, till all things be perfected in Christ: but in the mean time believe without doubting or wavering, that which is revealed of it.