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The Soul's Preparation for Christ
The souls preparation for Christ. Or, A treatise of contrition Wherein is discovered how God breaks the heart and wounds the soul, in the conversion of a sinner to Himself.The soules preparation for Christ. Or, A treatise of contrition Wherein is discovered how God breaks the heart and wounds the soule, in the conversion of a sinner to Himselfe.
London: printed by M. Flesher for Robert Dawlman, 1632London: printed by M. Flesher for Robert Davvlman, 1632
THE SOULS PREPARATION FOR CHRIST.THE SOVLES PREPARATION FOR CHRIST.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And then the heart begins to cry out as Elisha's servant did, Master what shall I do? what, so many sins, and so heinous, and so many judgements denounced, and shall fall upon me for them. Lord, how shall I do? how shall I be delivered from these, & pardoned for these: thus meditation brings home sin more powerfully to the heart.
And then the heart begins to cry out as Elisha's servant did, Master what shall I doe? what, so many sinnes, and so haynous, and so many judgements denounced, and shall fall upon me for them. Lord, how shall I doe? how shall I be delivered from these, & pardoned for these: thus meditation brings home sin more powerfully to the heart.
The second argument is this: as meditation brings in all bills of account, so secondly, meditation fastens sin upon the consciences of those to whom the word of God is spoken, more strongly, in so much that the soul cannot make escape from the truth of God delivered, and from the ⟨p. 89⟩judgements of God denounced against him: Sometimes when men hear the word and threatenings denounced, then their hearts are touched, and they go away resolved not to commit sin as they have done: But when they are gone, it works not, but the heart recoils again, and goeth to his own course again. The reason is, because you meditate not on the word.
The second argument is this: as meditation brings in all bills of account, so secondly, meditation fastens sinne upon the consciences of those to whom the word of God is spokē, more strōgly, in so much that the soule cannot make escape from the truth of God delivered, and from the ⟨p. 89⟩judgements of God denounced against him: Sometimes when men heare the word and threatnings denounced, then their hrarts are touched, and they goe away resolved not to commit sinne as they have done: But when they are gone, it workes not, but the heart recoyles againe, and goeth to his owne course againe. The reason is, because you meditate not on the word.