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An exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not only the text is…An exposition vpon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not onely the text is…
An exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not only the text is methodically analysed, and the sense of the words, by the help of writers, both ancient and modern is explained: but also, by doctrine and use, the intent of the holy Ghost is in every place more fully unfolded and urged. ... Being, the substance of near seven years week-days sermons, of N. Byfield, late one of the preachers for the city of Chester.An exposition vpon the Epistle to the Colossians Wherein, not onely the text is methodically analysed, and the sence of the words, by the help of writers, both ancient and moderne is explayned: but also, by doctrine and vse, the intent of the holy Ghost is in euery place more fully vnfolded and vrged. ... Being, the substance of neare seuen yeeres weeke-dayes sermons, of N. Byfield, late one of the preachers for the citie of Chester.
London: printed by Edward for Nathaniel Butter, 1617
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.
1Fourthly, if we would seek God to find him; behold, If we go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet we cannot perceive him, if to the North where he worketh, yet we cannot see him: he will hide himself in the South, and we cannot behold him: 2How much more is the way of God in the heart of man unsearchable? And yet though no man hath seen God at any time; if we love one another, God dwelleth in us.
1Fourthly, if wee would seeke God to finde him; behold, If wee go to the East, hee is not there: if to the West, yet wee cannot perceiue him, if to the North where he worketh, yet wee cannot see him: he will hide himselfe in the South, and we cannot behold him: 2How much more is the way of God in the heart of man vnsearchable? And yet though no man hath seene God at any time; if we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs.
Fifthly, the election of man before time, is like a bottomless gulf, and the making of man blameless and holy in heaven is a dreadful mystery, and yet those two glorious branches, whereof the one sprouts forth even beyond time, and the other reacheth up to heaven, nay into heaven; are both fastened upon this stock of love in respect of one way and manner of coming to know them.