Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	ghost_n	person_n	trinity_n	16,077	5	9.9221	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74656	Expository notes, with practical observations; towards the opening of the five first chapters of the first book of Moses called Genesis. Delivered by way of exposition in several lords-dayes exercises. By Benjamin Needler, minister of the gospel at Margaret Moses Friday-Street, London.	Needler, Benjamin, 1620-1682.	1654 (1654)	Wing N412; Thomason E1443_2; ESTC R209640	117,247	301

unto me all ye that are weary heavy-laden c. He told ●e that coming to Christ was before weary and heavy-laden Whereas if he had read but his Grammar he might have known that though coming to Christ go before being weary and heavy-laden in order of words yet weary and heavy-laden go in construction and in order of sense So it is said there of the Gentiles that As Act. 13 48 many as were or dained to eternall life believed Some tell us the words should be rendered thus As many as were addicted to eternall life beleeved viz. as many as were addicted and disposed heaven-ward afterwards beleeved whereas the words in the Original run thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And they beleeved as many of them as were ordained to eternall life that word which is placed in the last place in our English Bibles which I suppose might be one occasion of the mistake is placed in the fi●st in the Greek 5. Rule In the interpreting of Scriptures we must observe who it is that speaks whether a Prophet or one of a more private capacity if it be a Prophet whether he speakes in his owne person or in anothers If he speakes in the person of another we must observe whether he speaks in the person of God or man or of a good man or a wicked man These things must carefully be heeded if you would understand the Scriptures for instance Solomon personates the Atheist That which befalleth the sonnes of men befalleth Eccl. 3.19 beasts even one thing befalleth them as the one dieth so dieth the other yea they have all one breath so that a man hath no preeminence above a ●east and whereas the Atheist heard some speak of the ascent of mans spirit he replies Who knoweth the spirit of a ver 21. man that goeth upward viz. Who can tell there is such a difference between a man and a beast This is not known onely talked of and guessed A learned Author enlarges himselfe on this Scripture thus Is it not strange saith he that any of those who are called sober Christians should plant their opinion in this soyle of Atheisme and make that a proofe of their faith which Solomon onely brings as a proof of some mens infidelity there is no more reason to ground the tenet of the soules mortality on this text then there is encouragement unto intemperancy from that Rejoyce Oh young man in thy youth c. Eccl. 11.9 6. Rule The Scripture is the word of truth and yet every thing that is writen in the Scriptures considered without reference to the context or the person that speaks is not truth hence is that rule made use of by Divines in this case Scripturae narratio quamvis verissima sit non tamen omnia quae ibi dicta sunt vera esse dicuntur for instance He casteth out Divels through Beelzebub the Luk. 11.15 chief of Divels The words in themselves considered are blasphemous and false and yet the Script●ral narration of them is true 7. Rule In the expounding of Scripture we are not so much to respect from whence words are de●ived as how they are used this Axiom is out of Aquinas the School-men Verbis non tam spectandum ex quo ●uàm ad quid sumantur as we see the branches of trees spread much further then their roots so derivative words are often of larger extent of signification then their primitives as for instance 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies a sound or an echo but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies to Catechize or to i●struct in the principles of religion That thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been i●structed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luke 1.4 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth tingo to dip or plunge into the water yet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is frequently if not alwayes taken more largely for an● kind of washing rinsing or cleansing where there is no dipping at all the Apostles were baptized with fire yet they were not dipt into it tables beds are said in the originall to be baptized viz. washed not dipt the Israelites in the wildernesse were baptized with the cloud yet not dipt into it the children of Zebedee were to be baptized with the Baptisme of blood wherewith our Saviour was baptized yet neither he nor they were dipt into blood so the Ancients speake of the Baptisme of tears wherewith all penitents are washed yet there is no dipping in such a B●ptisme 8. Rule We must not only take notice of those phrases or words which are made use of by the Spirit of God in the Scr●ptures but also in what respect those phrases or words are made use of in that particular text which we desire to understand for instance it is said This is life eternall that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent If the Father be Joh. 17.3 the only true God how then is the Son or the Holy Ghost God For the answering of this difficulty we must consider upon what account Christ calleth God Father in this place we must know therefore that verse 1. though he ●seth the word Father yet Father is nor there taken for the first person in the Trinity but as a common attribute of the Deity so it is elsewhere taken our Saviour in his Prayer teacheth us Mat. 6.9 to say Our Father so V. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you according to which interpretation this text is parallel to that of the Apostle There is one God and one Mediatour betwixt God and man the man Christ 1 Tim. 2.5 Jesus So in John it is said The Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testifie Joh. 15.26 of me Now if this rule be not observed here will arise a difficulty if the Spirit proceed from the Father onely how doth he proceed from the Father and the Son We must consider therefore upon what account the Spirit is said to proceed from the Father in the place above alledged viz. because he proceedeth from the Father originally not because he proceedeth from the Father only elsewhere he is called the Spirit of the Son And because ye are sonnes God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into Gal. 4.6 your hearts crying Abba Father 9. Rule In the time of St. Paul the Iewish ceremonies were things indifferent which might be used or not used as they saw-it tend to Gods Glory and the good of the Church now this is profitable to know for the understanding of the History of the Acts where we shall finde Paul using Circumcision and yet writeth against it in his Epistles There are three things observable as to the use of Ceremonies 1. Before the death of Christ the use of Ceremonies was not indifferent but necessary as being commanded of God 2.