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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.
When the young man came to Christ, and played fair and a far off, and said he could do any thing. Well (said Christ) if thou canst do any thing,1 then go and sell all that thou hast and give it to the poor: but he went away sorrowful from Christ (saith the text) he did not come to Christ sorrowful, but went away sorrowful from Christ whereas if he had been burdened with sin as sin, he would have come to Christ sorrowful, and say, Now I see Lord the world is a heavy ⟨p. 158⟩burden, O Lord help me against it, give me mercy to pardon me, and grace to remove it: But our Saviour heard no more of the young man, and as it is in the text, this pricking of heart made the Jews come to Peter saying•, Men and brethren, What shall we do? They did not as a great many say now a days, if the minister were far enough off from me, and I from him, I were happy, I cannot be quiet for him: these are reprobate speeches: but the sinner that is truly humbled and burdened with sin as sin, he comes home, and is resolved to wait for mercy till the Lord showeth mercy to him. Carnal sorrow sent Judas and Ahithophel to the gallows, but godly sorrow ever drives a man to God.
When the young man came to Christ, and played fayre and a farre off, and said he could do any thing. Well (said Christ) if thou canst doe any thing,1 then goe and sell all that thou hast and give it to the poore: but he went away sorrowfull from Christ (saith the text) he did not come to Christ sorrowful, but wēt away sorrowfull from Christ whereas if he had beene burthened with sinne as sinne, he would have come to Christ sorrowfull, and say, Now I see Lord the world is a heavy ⟨p. 158⟩burthē, O Lord help me against it, give me mercy to pardon me, and grace to remove it: But our Sauiour heard no more of the young man, and as it is in the text, this pricking of heart made the Jewes come to Peter saying•, Men and brethren, What shall wee doe? They did not as a great many say now a dayes, if the minister were far enough off from me, and I from him, I were happy, I cannot be quiet for him: these are reprobate speeches: but the sinner that is truly humbled and burthened with sinne as sinne, he comes home, and is resolved to wait for mercy till the Lord sheweth mercy to him. Carnall sorrow sent Iudas and Achitophel to the gallowes, but godly sorrow ever drives a man to God.