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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.
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And in another place the holy man Job saith, Thou wilt not suffer me to take in my breath, 1but fillest me with bitterness. Your eyes have beholden vanity, & therefore now you shall see the Lords wrath against you for your sins; and you have breathed out your venom against the Lord of heaven, therefore now he will fill your souls with indignation, in so much that he shall breath in his wrath, as you have breathed out your oaths against him: you have filled the Lords eyes and ears with your abominations, and the Lord of heaven shall fill you answerably with his wrath.
And in another place the holy man Iob saith, Thou wilt not suffer me to take in my breath, 1but fillest me with bitternesse. Your eyes have beholden vanity, & therefore now you shall see the Lords wrath against you for your sinnes; and you have breathed out your venome against the Lord of heaven, therefore now he will fill your soules with indignation, in so much that he shall breath in his wrath, as you have breathed out your oathes against him: you have filled the Lords eyes and eares with your abominations, and the Lord of heaven shall fill you answerably with his wrath.
And in another place Job saith, Thou wilt break a dry leaf tossed too and fro: And yet the Lord brake him: Now the soul seeth all the evil, and the Lord pursueth him and sets conscience awork to the full. Consider that of the Apostle, That all those might be damned which believed not ⟨p. 145⟩