The little Bible of the man or the Book of God opened in man by the power of the Lamb. Wherein God is the spirit or inside of the book, and man the letter or out-side of it. In whom, as in a glass, you may both behold the spirit and letter of the holy Scriptures in the new man; fulfilled and explained from Genesis to Jeremiah. This is the first volume of Gods Book in man. Written by a weak instrument of the Lords, Capt. T. Butler.
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The little Bible of the man or the Book of God opened in man by the power of the Lamb. Wherein God is the spirit or inside of the book, and man the letter or out-side of it. In whom, as in a glass, you may both behold the spirit and letter of the holy Scriptures in the new man; fulfilled and explained from Genesis to Jeremiah. This is the first volume of Gods Book in man. Written by a weak instrument of the Lords, Capt. T. Butler.
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Butler, Thomas, Captain.
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London :: Printed in the first year of England liberty, 1649 for Giles Calvert, at the blackspread Eagle at the west end of Pauls,
[1649]
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Christian literature -- Early works to 1800.
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"The little Bible of the man or the Book of God opened in man by the power of the Lamb. Wherein God is the spirit or inside of the book, and man the letter or out-side of it. In whom, as in a glass, you may both behold the spirit and letter of the holy Scriptures in the new man; fulfilled and explained from Genesis to Jeremiah. This is the first volume of Gods Book in man. Written by a weak instrument of the Lords, Capt. T. Butler." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A78070.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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SECT. IV. The third work of God in his day.
THe third is the gathering of all things together into one, the chaff to be burnt, and the wheat to be layd in the garner, when the Lord comes with his fan thus to purge his floor Man, and by the breath of his Spirit dries up the waters that divide, and makes all to be a fruitful land, bringing forth herbs meet for the dresser, receiving blessing from the Lord; every plant in man of Gods planting, bearing every year twelve manner of fruits, and the leaves of the trees for the healing and saving of Nations.