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"When God sent the Blessed Jesus into the world to perfect all righteousness, and to teach the world all his Fathers will, it was said, and done, 'I will give my laws in your hearts, and in your minds will I write them;' that is, you shall be governed by the law of natural and essential equity and reason, by that law which is put into every mans nature ; and besides this, whatsoever else shall be superinduc'd, shall be written in your minds by the Spirit, who shall write all the laws of Christianity in the Tables of your consciences."

— Taylor, Jeremy (bap. 1613, 1667)

Author

Taylor, Jeremy (bap. 1613, 1667)

Work Title

Ductor Dubitantium, or, The Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures Serving as a Great Instrument for the Determination of Cases of Conscience

Place of Publication

London

Publisher

Printed by R. Norton for R. Royston

Date

1660, 1676

Metaphor

"When God sent the Blessed Jesus into the world to perfect all righteousness, and to teach the world all his Fathers will, it was said, and done, 'I will give my laws in your hearts, and in your minds will I write them;' that is, you shall be governed by the law of natural and essential equity and reason, by that law which is put into every mans nature ; and besides this, whatsoever else shall be superinduc'd, shall be written in your minds by the Spirit, who shall write all the laws of Christianity in the Tables of your consciences."

Metaphor in Context

7. When God sent the Blessed Jesus into the world to perfect all righteousness, and to teach the world all his Fathers will, it was said, and done, I will give my laws in your hearts, and in your minds will I write them; that is, you shall be governed by the law of natural and essential equity and reason, by that law which is put into every mans nature ; and besides this, whatsoever else shall be superinduc'd, shall be written in your minds by the Spirit, who shall write all the laws of Christianity in the Tables of your consciences. He shall make you to understand them, to perceive their relish, to remember them because you love them, and because you need them, and cannot be happy without them: he shall call them to your mind, and inspire new arguments and inducements to their observation, and make it all as natural to us, as what we were born with.
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