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The morning exercise methodized
The morning exercise methodized; or Certain chief heads and points of the Christian religion opened and improved in divers sermons, by several ministers of the City of London, in the monthly course of the morning exercise at Giles in the Fields. May 1659.
London: printed by E. M. for Ralph Smith, 1660
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.
Hold fast] Greek, [Greek or Hebrew]; the word hath a double signification; scil. to have, and to hold; and both of these the Apostle commends to Timothy; namely,
Hold fast] Greek, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; the word hath a double signification; scil. to have, and to hold; and both of these the Apostle commends to Timothy; namely,
1. To have such a form or collection of Gospel-doctrines, as a Type or Exemplar to which he should conform in his Ministry.
1. To have such a form or collection of Gospel-doctrines, as a Type or Exemplar to which he should conforme in his Ministry.
2. To hold it; i. e. to hold it fast, Not to swerve from it in the course of his Ministry, but pertinaciously to adhere to it; not to suffer it to be corrupted by men of erroneous principles, nor to part with it upon any terms in the world; but to stand by it, and own it against all opposition and persecution whatsoever.
2. To hold it; i. e. to hold it fast, Not to swerve from it in the course of his Ministry, but pertinaciously to adhere to it; not to suffer it to be corrupted by men of erroneous principles, nor to part with it upon any termes in the world; but to stand by it, and own it against all opposition and persecution whatsoever.