The prophete Ionas with an introduccion: before teachinge to vnderstonde him and the right vse also of all the scripture/ and why it was written/ and what is therin to be sought/ and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it/ can not vnderstonde it/ though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened/ that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man/ from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof. — John Locke — John Shaqi
The prophete Ionas with an introduccion: before teachinge to vnderstonde him and the right vse also of all the scripture/ and why it was written/ and what is therin to be sought/ and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it/ can not vnderstonde it/ though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened/ that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man/ from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof.
John Locke · en
¶ But thou reader thīke of [the] law of God how [that] it is all to
gether spirituall/ & so spirituall [that] it is neuer fulfilled [with]
dedes or werkes/ vntill they flow out of thyne herte [with] as greate
loue toward thy neyboure/ for no deseruīge of his ye though he be thine
enimie/ as Christ loued [the] ād did for the/ for no deseruīge of thyne/
but evē whē thou wast his enimie. And in [the] meane time/ thoroute all
our infancie & childhod in Christ/ tyll we be growen vpp in to perfecte
men in the full knowlege of christ & full loue of christ agayne & of
oure neyboures for his sake/ after [the] ensample of his loue to vs/
rembenbir that [the] fulfillynge of [the] law is/ a fast fayth in
christes bloud coupled [with] our professiō & submyttīge our selues to
lerne to doo better.
¶ And of [the] Gospell or promises which thou metest in [the] scripture/
beleue fast [that] God will fulfill them vn to [the]/ and that vn to
[the] vttemost Iott/ at the repentaunce of thyne herte/ whē thou turnest
to hym & forsakest euell/ even of his goodnesse & fatherly mercie vn to
the/ ād not for thy flatterīge hym with ypocritish workes of thyne awne
fayninge. So [that] a fast faith only with out respecte of all workes/
is the forgeuenesse both of the synne which we did in tyme of ignoraunce
with luste ād cōsent to synne/ & also of all the synne which we doo by
chaunce & of frailte/ after [that] we are come to knowlege ād have
professed [the] law out of oure hertes. And all dedes serue only for to
helpe oure neyboures & to tame oure flesh that we fall not to synne
agayne/ & to exercice oure soules in vertue/ & not to make satisfaction
to Godward for [the] synne [that] is once paste.
¶ And all other stories of [the] bible/ with out excepciō/ are [the]
practisinge of [the] law & of the Gospell/ and are true and faitfull
ensamples & sure erneste [that] God will euen so deale with vs/ as he
did with thē/ in all infirmities/ in all temptaciōs/ & in all like cases
& chaunces. Wherin ye se on [the] one syde/ how fatherly & tendirly &
with all cōpassion god entreateth his electe which submitte them selues
as scolers/ to lerne to walke in the wayes of his lawes/ & to kepe thē
of loue. If they forgatt thē selues at a time & wēt astraye/ he sought
thē out & sett thē agayne with all mercie. If they fell & hurte thē
selues/ he healed thē agayne with all compassion & tendernesse of hert.
He hath ofte brought greate tribulation & aduersite vppon his electe:
but all of fatherly loue only/ to teach thē & to make them se their awne
hertes & [the] sinne [that] there laye hid/ that they might aftirwarde
feale his mercie. For his mercie wayted vppon thē/ to rid them out
agayne/ assone as they ware lerned & come to [the] knowlege of their
awne hertes: so that he neuer cast man awaye how depe so euer he had
sinned/ saue thē ōly which had first cast [the] yocke of his lawes frō
their neckes/ with vtter diffiaunce & malice of herte.