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Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the worst of times. Delivered in…
Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the worst of times. Delivered in several sermons by James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel.
London: printed by T. Milbourn for D. Newman, 1671
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.
DOCTRINE.
So that the Doctrine is, To enter into acquaintance with God. This Proposition stands forth to the view of every eye, that it is the Duty of man to be acquainted with God.
Now the first thing that is before us to require after, is, What this acquaintance with God is. Secondly, to evidence and clear it to be the Duty of man to acquaint himself with God. Acquaintance with God implies several things.
Now the first thing that is before us to require after, is, What this acquaintance with God is. Secondly, to evidence and clear it to be the Duty of man to acquaint himself with God. Acquaintance with God implyes several things.
1. It signifies a full and determinate knowledge of this Truth, that there is a God, and so to know him, as to his Nature, distinct from all other beings.