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The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...
London: printed for T.P., 1662
Treatise › Chapter 1: The Preface and Coherence of the Text.
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.
Timothy is considerable in his twofold capacity.
1. As a Minister of Christ, or in his particular ⟨p. 6⟩calling, in this respect he must exercise himself to godliness. 1A Pastor must not only some days give precepts, but every day give a pattern to his people, he must not only [Greek or Hebrew], but also [Greek or Hebrew] not only divide the word rightly, but also order his conversation aright. He must as Nazianzen said of Basil, thunder in his doctrine, and lighten in his life. Singular holiness is required of those that minister about holy things: as Painters, they must teach by their hands, by their lives, as well as by their lips.
1. As a Minister of Christ, or in his particular ⟨p. 6⟩calling, in this respect he must exercise himself to godliness. 1A Pastor must not onely some days give precepts, but every day give a pattern to his people, he must not onely 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but also 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 not onely divide the word rightly, but also order his conversation aright. He must as Nazianzen said of Basil, thunder in his doctrine, and lighten in his life. Singular holiness is required of those that minister about holy things: as Painters, they must teach by their hands, by their lives, as well as by their lips.
- 1Non tan tum sana doctrina, sed eti•m pia & relig•ola vita m iri verbo opus st Beza in loc