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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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The Church consisteth of none other then of such as came out of Adams loins. Now as all the brood which cometh from vipers, adders, toads, spiders, and other like venomous dams, are infected with poison, so all the sons of Adam are polluted with sin. That which is borne of the flesh (as is every ⟨p. 53⟩mothers child, not the members of the Church excepted: for they have fathers and mothers of their flesh) is flesh; that is, polluted and corrupt. Therefore when we are taken into the Church, we are borne again.1
The Church consisteth of none other then of such as came out of Adams loines. Now as all the brood which commeth from vipers, adders, toads, spiders, and other like venomous dams, are infected with poison, so all the sonnes of Adam are polluted with sinne. That which is borne of the flesh (as is euery ⟨p. 53⟩mothers childe, not the members of the Church excepted: for they haue fathers and mothers of their flesh) is flesh; that is, polluted and corrupt. Therefore when we are taken into the Church, we are borne againe.1
This our former estate by nature is oft and seriously 1to be thought of, and that in respect of | Christ. Our selves. | Others. |
This our former estate by nature is oft and seriously