A man may keep the "precious relics of the divine image from utter defacement, retaining somewhat of his primitive worth and integrity."
— Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677)
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Date
1683, 1823
Metaphor
A man may keep the "precious relics of the divine image from utter defacement, retaining somewhat of his primitive worth and integrity."
Metaphor in Context
God our parent hath stamped on our nature some lineaments of himself, whereby we resemble him; he hath implanted in our souls some roots of piety towards him; into our frame he hath inserted some propensions to acknowledge him, and to affect him; the which are excited and improved by observing the manifest footsteps of divine power, wisdom, and goodness, which occur in the works of nature and providence; to preserve and cherish these is very commendable; a man thereby keeping precious relics of the divine image from utter defacement, retaining somewhat of his primitive worth and integrity; declaring that by ill usage he hath not quite shattered or spoiled his best faculties and inclinations.
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Provenance
Reading G. A. J. Rogers "Locke, Newton, and the Cambridge Platonists on Innate Ideas." JHI 40:2 (1979), 191-205. p. 192.
Citation
Found in The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow, 2nd ed. corr. (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1700). II, p. 24. <Link to Google Books>
See The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow, D.D. Late Master of Trinity College in Cambridge. Published by the Reverend Dr. Tillotson, Dean of Canterbury. The First Volume, Containing Thirty Two Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. An Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer, &c. Learned Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. (London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1683). <Link to ESTC>
See The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow, D.D. Late Master of Trinity College in Cambridge. Published by the Reverend Dr. Tillotson, Dean of Canterbury. The First Volume, Containing Thirty Two Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. An Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer, &c. Learned Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. (London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1683). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/22/2005
