[Pryr-1.1-26] So there was nothing that kept Adam out of the Hell of Fallen Angels, and now his Body was as mortal as it was in the Beasts, and so now he lay at the Mercy of a thousand Accidents, that could any Moment take his life from him, and this is was his fallen State, standing as it were on the Brinks of Hell, liable every Moment to be pushed into it.
[Pryr-1.1-27] So there is now an absolute Necessity that a new Birth, must be of Word, a Son, and of Spirit , that Scripture speaks of , because our new Soul, was now dead to, and separate from the Kingdom of Heaven, having lost the Light and Spirit of God on its own account. Therefore it is now incapable of entering into Heaven, until by a new Birth, a new Soul receives from on High, its first Heavenly Nature.
[Pryr-1.1-28] If you have nothing of this New Birth when thy Body dies, then you have only the Root of Life in Thee, the same as which the Devils have, and so you are as far from Heaven, as they are; and thy Nature is their Nature, and therefore their result and habits must also be yours. For there is nothing that can possibly hinder thy Union with Fallen Angels, when thou die,
[Pryr-1.1-29] How pitiable, therefore, or rather how hurtful is that Learning, which uses all its Art of Words, avoids and loses the true Sense of our Saviour's Doctrine concerning the new Birth, which is necessary to fallen Man, by holding, that the Passages asserting the new Birth, are only figurative, and not really a Birth, or Growth of a new Nature, and that just embracing or declaring a Baptism of the Spirit one is whole with God.
[Pryr-1.1-30] ...because a metaphorical Meaning is accepted, no matter how Skillful in Words they are, they are also utterly inconsistent with the plain, and fundamental Doctrines of Scripture.
Pryr-1.1-31] Let it be supposed, that a human Body had lost the Light, and Air of this World, and was in a State of Death, could we tell them that Birth, Light and Air, are sometimes, and upon some Occasions, only just a metaphor and that symbolically they have Light and Air and Life, and have plenty to breathe, if they would breathe it metaphorically. Would that be of comfort & help them? I doubt that man grasping for air 20 fathoms beneath the sea would acquiesce to that idea and take delight, and how could they?
[Pryr-1.1-32] This is exactly the Case of the Fallen Soul,who is in the same State of Death until anew Birth of the Light, filled with the Spirit of God can be brought forth into it again. Therefore it is a Neccessity that understanding these Words in their literal Meaning is imperative for a new life, just like the the Absurdity of a figurative or metaphorical Sense makes it Impossible.
[Pryr-1.1-27] So there is now an absolute Necessity that a new Birth, must be of Word, a Son, and of Spirit , that Scripture speaks of , because our new Soul, was now dead to, and separate from the Kingdom of Heaven, having lost the Light and Spirit of God on its own account. Therefore it is now incapable of entering into Heaven, until by a new Birth, a new Soul receives from on High, its first Heavenly Nature.
[Pryr-1.1-28] If you have nothing of this New Birth when thy Body dies, then you have only the Root of Life in Thee, the same as which the Devils have, and so you are as far from Heaven, as they are; and thy Nature is their Nature, and therefore their result and habits must also be yours. For there is nothing that can possibly hinder thy Union with Fallen Angels, when thou die,
[Pryr-1.1-29] How pitiable, therefore, or rather how hurtful is that Learning, which uses all its Art of Words, avoids and loses the true Sense of our Saviour's Doctrine concerning the new Birth, which is necessary to fallen Man, by holding, that the Passages asserting the new Birth, are only figurative, and not really a Birth, or Growth of a new Nature, and that just embracing or declaring a Baptism of the Spirit one is whole with God.
[Pryr-1.1-30] ...because a metaphorical Meaning is accepted, no matter how Skillful in Words they are, they are also utterly inconsistent with the plain, and fundamental Doctrines of Scripture.
Pryr-1.1-31] Let it be supposed, that a human Body had lost the Light, and Air of this World, and was in a State of Death, could we tell them that Birth, Light and Air, are sometimes, and upon some Occasions, only just a metaphor and that symbolically they have Light and Air and Life, and have plenty to breathe, if they would breathe it metaphorically. Would that be of comfort & help them? I doubt that man grasping for air 20 fathoms beneath the sea would acquiesce to that idea and take delight, and how could they?
[Pryr-1.1-32] This is exactly the Case of the Fallen Soul,who is in the same State of Death until anew Birth of the Light, filled with the Spirit of God can be brought forth into it again. Therefore it is a Neccessity that understanding these Words in their literal Meaning is imperative for a new life, just like the the Absurdity of a figurative or metaphorical Sense makes it Impossible.
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