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The saints guide, in three treatises
The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercy, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnal mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercie, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnall mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.
London: printed for John Stafford over against Brids Church, 1645
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.
Before we come to the several passages of the Text, we must unfold the words.
Before we come to the severall passages of the Text, we must unfold the words.
First, what is meant by spirit here, it is the Holy Ghost, for God owneth this spirit, My Spirit, The third Person in the glorious Trinity; Now God striveth, not only miraculously or immediately ⟨p. 9⟩by Divination, but most usually, and now mediately by the Ministry of his Word. God strove with this generation of the old World by the Ministry of Enoch and Noah, the Lord immediately assisting and advising them, they spoke not their own words, but such as Gods Spirit, put into their mouths, 2 Pet. 1. the last ver. Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, so that by spirit here is meant the Spirit of God, and by that spirit in the Ministry of the Patriarchs and Prophets, the Lord strove with the men of the old world, and former Ages.
First, what is meant by spirit here, it is the Holy Ghost, for God owneth this spirit, My Spirit, The third Person in the glorious Trinity; Now God striveth, not only miraculously or immediately ⟨p. 9⟩by Divination, but most usually, and now mediately by the Ministery of his Word. God strove with this generation of the old World by the Ministery of Enoch and Noah, the Lord immediatly assisting and advising them, they spoke not their owne words, but such as Gods Spirit, put into their mouthes, 2 Pet. 1. the last ver. Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, so that by spirit here is meant the Spirit of God, and by that spirit in the Ministery of the Patriarks and Prophets, the Lord strove with the men of the old world, and former Ages.