Janeway, James (1636?-1674)

Heaven Upon Earth: or, the Best Friend, in the Worst Times. Being a Legacy to London

1667, 1710

"The Mind of Man is his Eye, by which he is to behold God; now if this Eye be blind, if the Light be Darkness, how great is that Darkness!"

Ye see how God accounts of those that are of his Acquaintance, that met together and spake of God, and that thought upon his Name; he reckons them amongst his Jewels, his peculiar Treasure: Such Honour have all those that are acquainted with God. Ye see then the Excellency of Man above all the rest of the other Creatures. Now if Man fail in this which is his highest Excellency, he will become the vilest of Creatures. Every thing if it fail in its chiefest End and Purpose, and highest Excellency, becomes base and of no account: If Salt lose its Savour (saith our Saviour) it is good for nothing. If Man have lost his Acquaintance with God, he is henceforth good for nothing. The Mind of Man is his Eye, by which he is to behold God; now if this Eye be blind, if the Light be Darkness, how great is that Darkness! The Jews, in Ezek. 15.1. are likened to a Vine, which, if it be barren, is good for no use: shall Wood be taken thereof for any Work? It is fit for nothing but to burn. So it is in Man, his great Use and Excellency is his Acquaintance with God; now if he fails in this, he is good for nothing.
(p. 27)

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ECCO-TCP

At least 11 entries in ESTC (1667, 1669, 1671, 1673, 1677, 1685, 1710, 1730, 1760, 1761).

Text from Heaven Upon Earth: or, the Best Friend, in the Worst Times. Being a Legacy to London. By James Janeway. (London: Printed for Eben. Tracy, 1710.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>

11/10/2013