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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.
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⟩They are so farr from affirming this light, to be the light of life, as they are from denying Christ to be the light of life.
Others, understand [Every man] distributively, by the light wherewith we are enlightened, the light of saving grace, or Regeneration: and look at this light of Saving grace, as an effect proceeding from Christ, i.e. the Son incarnate. That phrase [every man] is illustrated by Psal: 145.14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall: and raiseth up all that be bowed down. The meaning is not, that ALL that fall, are upholden by the Lord: but, that ALL amongst those which fall, who are upholden: are upholden by the Lord.
Others, understand [Every man] distributively, by the light wherewith we are enlightened, the light of saving grace, or Regeneration: and look at this light of Saving grace, as an effect proceeding from Christ, i.e. the Son incarnate. That phrase [every man] is illustrated by Psal: 145.14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall: and rayseth up all that be bowed down. The meaning is not, that ALL that fall, are upholden by the Lord: but, that ALL amongst those which fall, who are upholden: are upholden by the Lord.