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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.
Concerning the knowledge of God four things are to be considered: 1. How he is made known: 2. Who they are that God chargeth with this, that they know him not: 3. How it comes to pass that man knows not his God: 4. What we must do, that we may know God.
Concerning the knowledge of God foure things are to be considered: 1. How he is made knowne: 2. Who they are that God chargeth with this, that they know him not: 3. How it comes to passe that man knowes not his God: 4. What we must doe, that we may know God.
1God is made known, 1. in his Son: in Christ, God is as it were visiblei. 2. By his Spiritk. 3. By his word; both by the testimony it gives of God, and by the relation of Prophesies accomplished, and Miracles wonderfully wrought; it shows a God, as it is a sacred treasury preserving the memory of wonderful things. 4. By his works; and that either in general, as God hath stamped upon them some marks of his invisible thingsl; or in his ⟨p. 89⟩particular works, as the founding of the Earth, the hanging of the Clouds, the spreading out of the Heavens, the recoiling of the Waters, leaving an habitation for man; terrors of Conscience, Plagues upon wicked men at their wish, answering of Prayers, Miracles, the Soul of Man, and state of Devils.
1God is made knowne, 1. in his Sonne: in Christ, God is as it were visiblei