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Christian chymistrie extracting the honey of instruction from variety of objects. Being an handfull of observations historicall, occasionall, and out of scripture. With applications theologicall and morall. By Caleb Trenchfield, sometime minister of the church at Chipsted in Surrey.
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- Christian chymistrie extracting the honey of instruction from variety of objects. Being an handfull of observations historicall, occasionall, and out of scripture. With applications theologicall and morall. By Caleb Trenchfield, sometime minister of the church at Chipsted in Surrey.
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- Trenchfield, Caleb, 1624 or 5-1671.
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- London :: printed by M.S. for H. Crips, at his shop in Popes-head Alley next Lombard Street,
- 1662.
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- Bible -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
- History -- Early works to 1800.
- Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Christian chymistrie extracting the honey of instruction from variety of objects. Being an handfull of observations historicall, occasionall, and out of scripture. With applications theologicall and morall. By Caleb Trenchfield, sometime minister of the church at Chipsted in Surrey." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63127.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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none fewer that beleeved; we find these captious hearers, curious questionists, censori∣ous observators, but have any of the Pharisees beleeved on him? these had Cats eyes that saw best in the dark, knowing men in the im∣pertinencies of the Traditions of the Elders, and therefore witty to dispute against the truth; no men farther removed from conver∣sion, then the carnally wise, and superstirious∣ly religious. But beside, to talk of Religion seems to be the business of these men, they ask what is the great Commandement in the Law, rather then take care to do it; Religion should have its rice in the head, and flow thence to the heart; but when 'tis a standing Pool there, when men are ricketty, great heads but unproportio∣nable hearts, are all for disputation, nothing for observation: like those who study the Philosophers stone, while they would be rationally rich, they become really poor.