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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Passiveness, or suffering, is either Perfecting, tending to the good and perfection of the subject; so the Creature, which before was nothing, suffered in receiving its being; the Life-less body of Adam when it was made alive, the Soul of Nebuchadnezzar, when his reason returned to him: Or Corruptive,1 tending to the hurt and destruction of the subject; so the Creature suffers, in being made subject to vanity; the body of Adam putrefying in the grave and the Soul of Nebuchadnezzar, when it was deprived of reason.
Passivenesse, or suffering, is either Perfecting, tending to the good and perfection of the subject; so the Creature, which before was nothing, suffered in receiving its being; the Life-lesse body of Adam when it was made alive, the Soule of Nebuchadnezzar, when his reason returned to him: Or Corruptive,1 tending to the hurt and destruction of the subject; so the Creature suffers, in being made subject to vanity; the body of Adam putrifying in the grave and the Soul of Nebuchadnezzar, when it was depriv'd of reason.
- 1Passio Perfectiva, Corruptiva. Keck. Phys. lib. 3. c. 16.
The passiveness of the Soul, is the obediential subjection of a Soul Ministerially prepared, wherein being unable to act, it only receiveth the impression of the Agent.
The passivenesse of the Soule, is the obediential subjection of a Soule Ministerially prepared, wherein being unable to act, it only receiveth the impression of the Agent.