A three-fold treatise

Name: A three-fold treatise
Author: Robert Bolton

A three-fold treatise containing the saints sure and perpetual guide. Self-enriching examination. Soul-fating fasting. Or, meditations, concerning the word, the sacrament of the Lords Supper, and fasting. By the labours of that late Reverend, and learned divine, Master Robert Bolton ...A three-fold treatise containing the saints sure and perpetuall guide. Selfe-enriching examination. Soule-fatting fasting. Or, meditations, concerning the word, the sacrament of the Lords Supper, and fasting. By the labours of that late Reverend, and learned divine, Master Robert Bolton ...

Robert Bolton 1572–1631London: printed by E. Purslow for Ralph Harford, 1634London: printed by E. Purslow for Raphe Harford, 1634

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THE SAINTS SURE AND PERPETUAL GUIDE.THE SAINTS SVRE AND PERPETVALL GVIDE.

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First, the Word may be taken three ways.

First, the Word may be taken three wayes.

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1 For the substantial Word of God,¹ the second Person in the Trinity, Joh. 1. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God.

1 For the substantiall Word of God,¹ the second Person in the Trinitie, Ioh. 1. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God.

11 For the substantial Word.

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2 It may be taken for the written and sounding Word;¹ as it only strikes the ear, and informs the understanding; but it is not conveyed, neither sinks it into the heart by the powerful assistance and sanctified concurrence of Gods Spirit, it being not prayed for to the conversion and sanctification of the whole man. And so the Word is heard and understood of many, that shall never be saved, but returns unfruitful.

2 It may be taken for the written and sounding Word;¹

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