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The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A…
The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A brief tractate, concerning the doctrine of the Quakers, demonstrating the destructive nature thereof, to religion, the churches, and the state, with consideration of the remedy against it. : Occasional satisfaction to objections, and confirmation of the contrary trueth. / By John Norton ...
Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green, 1659
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.
Concerning the light, whereby we are enlightened: it is either the light of nature & of right reason: or, the light of saving grace. The light enlightening: is either the WORD, i: e. The Son considered only as the second person, not incarnate: or Christ, i e. the son considered as incarnate. This phrase [Every man] is taken collectively? for all men that come into the world, absolutely, none excepted. Or distributively, for all men so qualified, of all sorts.
Concerning the light, whereby wee are inlightened: it is either the light of nature & of right reason: or, the light of saving grace. The light inlightening: is either the WORD, i: e. The Sonn considered onely as the second person, not incarnate: or Christ, i e. the sonn considered as incarnate. This phrase [Every man] is taken collectively? for all men that come into the world, absolutely, none excepted. Or distributively, for all men so qualified, of all sorts.
Calvin, Beza, Piscator, and others, understand these words [every man] collectively, by the light wherewith we are enlightened, The light of Reason, and look at this light of reason, as an effect proceeding from the WORD: i. e. the Son, considered as the Second Person. But as concerning man, endued only with the light remaining in him since the fall: they conclude him to be darkness and unable to comprehend the light, so; as to improve it to salvation. ⟨p. 14⟩They are so far from affirming this light, to be the light of life, as they are from denying Christ to be the light of life.
Calvin, Beza, Piscator, and others, understand these words [every man] collectively, by the light wherewith we are enlightened, The light of Reason, and look at this light of reason, as an effect proceeding from the WORD: i. e. the Sonn, considered as the Second Person. But as concerning man, endued only with the light remaining in him since the fall: they conclude him to be darkness and unable to comprehend the light, so; as to improve it to salvation. ⟨p. 14⟩