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A54083 The fig-leaf covering discovered, or, Geo. Keith's explications and retractions of divers passages out of his former books, proved insincere, defective and evasive by John Penington. Penington, John, 1655-1710. 1697 (1697) Wing P1227; ESTC R22450 96,997 142

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to_o contradict_v what_o he_o have_v deliver_v former_o yet_o at_o length_n speak_v of_o infant_n he_o conclude_v they_o all_o need_n that_o god_n be_v merciful_a unto_o they_o for_o christ_n sake_n and_o therein_o i_o agree_v with_o he_o but_o to_o different_a end_n for_o i_o distinguish_v between_o mercy_n and_o justice_n the_o not_o punish_v infant_n who_o have_v not_o sin_v be_v a_o fruit_n of_o his_o justice_n the_o preserve_v they_o from_o sin_v by_o his_o divine_a seed_n be_v a_o fruit_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o thus_o i_o close_v this_o section_n sect._n iii_o §_o 1_o he_o begin_v his_o sect._n 3._o with_o a_o quotation_n out_o of_o rector_n correct_v printed_n anno_fw-la 1680._o p._n 22._o thus_o by_o christ_n his_o give_v his_o flesh_n for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n we_o understand_v both_o the_o offer_n up_o of_o his_o flesh_n as_o his_o die_v for_o we_o upon_o the_o cross_n and_o also_o his_o give_v his_o flesh_n to_o eat_v and_o his_o blood_n to_o drink_v etc._n etc._n which_o distinction_n i_o admit_v viz._n that_o his_o give_v his_o flesh_n for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n have_v a_o twofold_a signification_n the_o one_o be_v propitiatory_a a_o die_v for_o we_o upon_o the_o cross_n as_o he_o have_v it_o the_o other_o his_o giving_z his_o flesh_n to_o eat_v be_v spirit_n and_o life_n and_o feed_v the_o soul_n and_o herein_o we_o agree_v with_o he_o what_o he_o add_v that_o he_o do_v not_o place_v all_o our_o salvation_n upon_o the_o light_n within_o exclude_v the_o man_n christ_n without_o etc._n etc._n but_o that_o he_o do_v lay_v a_o great_a weight_n upon_o i●_n be_v not_o the_o matter_n in_o controversy_n as_o he_o have_v be_v often_o tell_v we_o both_o lay_v a_o great_a weight_n upon_o christ_n outward_a come_n and_o do_v not_o place_v all_o our_o salvation_n upon_o the_o light_n within_o exclusive_a thereof_o and_o also_o have_v not_o charge_v he_o with_o what_o he_o here_o seek_v to_o purge_v himself_o from_o any_o otherwise_o than_o as_o argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la i._n e._n that_o we_o be_v no_o otherwise_o so_o than_o himself_o who_o have_v with_o we_o former_o bear_v testimony_n to_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o light_n where_o the_o history_n have_v not_o be_v reveal_v distinguish_v as_o himself_o have_v do_v between_o the_o necessity_n that_o christ_n shall_v come_v and_o suffer_v for_o all_o and_o of_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o history_n thereof_o where_o the_o mean_n a●e_v not_o afford_v its_o be_v indispensible_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o such_o before_o i_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o citation_n he_o give_v out_o of_o rict_a corr._n p._n 26._o i_o shall_v observe_v what_o he_o say_v to_o that_o passage_n of_o his_o ibid._n p._n 25._o that_o by_o his_o flesh_n and_o blood_n ●ohn_n 6.50_o 51._o ch●ist_n mean_v only_a spirit_n and_o life_n which_o he_o hold_v it_o needful_a to_o retract_v a●d_v correct_v as_o ●e_n say_v yet_o assign_v it_o as_o either_o a_o typographical_a error_n 〈◊〉_d a_o oversight_n in_o he_o for_o want_v of_o due_a consideration_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o but_o a_o judgement_n upon_o deliberation_n ●d_a that_o he_o have_v abtrude_v a_o falsehood_n upon_o his_o reader_n thus_o demonstrate_v first_o that_o the_o matter_n in_o dispute_n ●tween_n he_o and_o his_o adversary_n will_v not_o be_v suppo●d_v to_o be_v whether_o the_o word_n speak_v by_o christ_n be_v spirit_n ●d_a life_n or_o no._n christ_n have_v express_o affirm_v it_o and_o ●e_z rector_n do_v not_o deny_v it_o and_o it_o be_v idle_a to_o suppose_v except_o he_o have_v be_v so_o presumptuous_a as_o to_o say_v so_o in_o ●idem_fw-la verbis_fw-la the_o rector_n will_v allege_v that_o when_o ●rist_n say_v they_o be_v spirit_n and_o life_n that_o he_o mean_v ●y_a be_v not_o spirit_n and_o life_n but_o whether_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d so_o may_v admit_v of_o dispute_v 2_o as_o christ_n have_v 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v the_o spirit_n that_o quicken_v the_o flesh_n profit_v no●g_v so_o g._n k._n give_v we_o those_o very_a word_n and_o to_o his_o ●ersaries_n object_v spiritual_a flesh_n can_v be_v break_v nor_o ritual_a blood_n shed_v which_o relate_v to_o the_o spiritual_a ●h_a and_o blood_n only_o for_o the_o other_o may_v be_v break_v and_o 〈◊〉_d g._n k._n allege_v the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o a_o break_a ●it_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v be_v shed_n whereas_o have_v not_o g._n k._n mean_v that_o it_o be_v only_a spirit_n and_o life_n this_o instance_n have_v be_v whole_o remote_a and_o it_o have_v be_v enough_o to_o have_v say_v it_o relate_v to_o both_o outward_a and_o inward_a flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o that_o the_o outward_a might_n very_o well_o be_v break_v and_o shed_v to_o drive_v it_o yet_o more_o home_n i_o betake_v myself_o to_o his_o citation_n out_o of_o p._n 26._o which_o shall_v give_v more_o full_o than_o he_o have_v do_v viz._n although_o the_o saint_n do_v not_o eat_v the_o visible_a flesh_n of_o christ_n he_o add_v here_o to_o wit_n by_o the_o bodily_a mouth_n and_o drink_v his_o visible_a blood_n yet_o they_o partake_v of_o the_o benefit_n and_o virtue_n of_o both_o his_o flesh_n and_o his_o blood_n and_o the_o substance_n of_o both_o do_v remain_v which_o be_v his_o glorify_a body_n in_o heaven_n and_o the_o virtue_n of_o which_o do_v real_o extend_v unto_o th●_n saint_n both_o in_o heaven_n and_o on_o earth_n by_o which_o they_o be_v spiritual_o refresh_v and_o nourish_v as_o with_o mea●_n and_o drink_v and_o thus_o we_o do_v not_o divide_v christ_n her●_n g._n k._n stop_v with_o a_o etc._n etc._n but_o i_o go_v on_o nor_o his_o fle●_n and_o blood_n although_o a_o distinction_n there_o be_v betwit_n that_o flesh_n which_o he_o have_v from_o the_o beginning_n a●_n which_o the_o saint_n feed_v on_o in_o all_o age_n from_o the_o begi●●ing_a and_o that_o which_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o virgi●_n womb._n from_o this_o latter_a which_o g._n k._n will_v ha●_n conceal_v from_o we_o i_o observe_v he_o allow_v of_o a_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o flesh_n and_o blood_n christ_n have_v from_o the_o b●●ginning_n and_o that_o which_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o vi●●gins_v womb._n let_v he_o now_o tell_v we_o therefore_o what_o th●_n flesh_n which_o christ_n have_v from_o the_o beginning_n and_o whi●_n the_o saint_n feed_v on_o in_o all_o age_n be_v beside_o spirit_n a●_n life_n again_o as_o he_o give_v we_o not_o this_o part_n of_o the_o ci●●tion_n which_o he_o can_v not_o stumble_v over_o without_o so●_n hurt_v to_o himself_o so_o to_o what_o he_o do_v give_v he_o foist_n 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n so_o wit_n by_o the_o bodily_a mouth_n and_o i●_n prove_v it_o as_o a_o evidence_n that_o the_o word_n only_a be_v most_v a_o oversight_n in_o he_o that_o he_o do_v not_o intend_v that_o faithful_a do_v not_o partake_v of_o the_o unspeakable_a benefit_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n that_o be_v outward_o break_v and_o shed_v but_o his_o sense_n be_v they_o do_v not_o eat_v it_o with_o the_o bodily_a mouth_n but_o by_o faith_n and_o that_o the_o virtue_n convey_v may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v spirit_n and_o life_n i._n e._n have_v a_o spiritual_a sense_n and_o signification_n a●sw_n what_o he_o say_v above_o of_o the_o saint_n feed_v can_v not_o be_v a_o eat_v visible_a flesh_n either_o with_o bodily_a or_o spiritual_a mouth_n see_v it_o be_v a_o feed_v common_a ro_o saint_n in_o heaven_n and_o on_o earth_n too_o nay_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o blood_n do_v remain_v even_o according_a to_o he_o and_o what_o they_o feed_v on_o be_v not_o on_o the_o substance_n even_o of_o christ_n glorify_a body_n in_o heaven_n but_o of_o the_o virtue_n which_o extend_v therefrom_o and_o what_o be_v this_o virtue_n be_v it_o not_o only_a spirit_n and_o life_n however_o see_v he_o be_v so_o fond_a of_o his_o addition_n viz._n by_o the_o bodily_a mouth_n i_o desire_v to_o be_v resolve_v in_o one_o thing_n as_o a_o point_n of_o philosophy_n whether_o if_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v eat_v be_v bodily_a any_o thing_n but_o a_o bodily_a mouth_n can_v eat_v it_o and_o whether_o if_o the_o mouth_n be_v not_o bodily_a the_o food_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v bodily_a for_o that_o a_o corporeal_a substance_n a_o substance_n which_o be_v not_o only_a spirit_n and_o life_n but_o also_o bodily_a shall_v be_v feed_v on_o by_o a_o incorporeal_a mouth_n be_v equal_o as_o inconceivable_a by_o i_o as_o that_o a_o corporeal_a mouth_n shall_v seed_v on_o a_o incorporeal_a substance_n if_o g._n k._n resolve_v i_o this_o fair_o erit_fw-la mihi_fw-la magnus_fw-la apollo_n §_o 2_o in_o p_o 26._o of_o these_o explication_n for_o now_o i_o trace_v he_o by_o page_n not_o by_o §'s_n he_o allege_v for_o his_o have_v bring_v
salvation_n either_o explicit_o or_o implicit_o else_o why_o shall_v he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v needful_a to_o be_v reveal_v by_o the_o spirit_n answ_n i_o find_v no_o word_n there_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n as_o he_o come_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o only_o of_o christ_n as_o god_n that_o god_n fill_v all_o thing_n but_o be_v apprehend_v by_o nothing_o but_o that_o which_o come_v from_o himself_o be_v beget_v by_o himself_o etc._n etc._n p._n 55._o add_v towards_o the_o close_a of_o the_o page_n it_o the_o carnal_a mind_n can_v by_o search_v find_v out_o god_n he_o dwell_v in_o another_o principle_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o p._n 56._o he_o tell_v we_o how_o he_o be_v know_v and_o reveal_v viz._n by_o the_o son_n for_o which_o he_o quote_v matt._n 11.27_o and_o to_o manifest_v that_o no_o outward_a mediate_a revelation_n can_v do_v it_o they_o be_v his_o follow_a word_n he_o in_o that_o and_o p._n 57_o instance_v that_o the_o word_n utter_v from_o christ_n as_o he_o have_v it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o flesh_n or_o from_o any_o of_o the_o prophet_n or_o apostle_n can_v reveal_v the_o father_n who_o in_o his_o gradation_n descend_v to_o this_o query_n say_v to_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o who_o speak_v to_o they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o flesh_n do_v his_o word_n reveal_v he_o or_o his_o father_n unto_o they_o but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n after_o the_o flesh_n be_v needful_a to_o all_o man_n salvation_n either_o explicit_o or_o implicit_o when_o as_o that_o be_v no_o subject_n of_o the_o argument_n but_o only_o of_o scripture_n word_n speak_v by_o himself_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o flesh_n or_o by_o other_o before_o and_o since_o who_o when_o he_o come_v to_o sum_n all_o that_o be_v say_v in_o this_o argument_n they_o be_v his_o own_o word_n p._n 70._o himself_o give_v it_o thus_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n he_o do_v not_o of_o christ_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n be_v that_o 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etc._n etc._n he_o tell_v we_o it_o will_v appear_v from_o the_o forego_n and_o follow_v word_n in_o that_o book_n that_o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o he_o after_o the_o flesh_n he_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o knowledge_n of_o he_o as_o he_o come_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o that_o knowledge_n that_o the_o disciple_n and_o apostle_n have_v of_o he_o by_o their_o outward_a sight_n and_o hear_n of_o he_o or_o by_o what_o they_o can_v know_v of_o he_o by_o the_o mere_a act_n of_o the_o mind_n without_o internal_a revelation_n answ_n outward_a sight_n and_o hear_n by_o the_o mere_a act_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v foist_v in_o now_o not_o mention_v there_o nor_o deduceable_a from_o thence_o yet_o i_o observe_v how_o he_o vary_v in_o treat_v upon_o one_o and_o the_o same_o argument_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o jesus_n christ_n speak_v face_n to_o face_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o flesh_n he_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o he_o as_o he_o come_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o when_o he_o use_v 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