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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.
But now when the soul is se• heaven-ward▪ & God justifies a poor sinne•, and plucks him to himself by faith, and adopts him to be his child; then the Lord gives him of his Spirit, and this is as the weight of the soul; then by the power of that spirit the soul is able to run right, & hath a principle of grace in it, and the poise of the spirit of grace which doth possess the soul, makes it able freely to mourn for sin, and to have the heart enlarged in the service of God: this ⟨p. 170⟩is mainly the sanctifying work.
But now when the soule is se• heaven-ward▪ & God justifies a poore sinne•, and pluckes him to himselfe by faith, and adopts him to be his child; then the Lord gives him of his Spirit, and this is as the weight of the soule; then by the power of that spirit the soule is able to runne right, & hath a principle of grace in it, and the poise of the spirit of grace which doth possesse the soule, makes it able freely to mourne for sinne, and to have the heart inlarged in the service of God: this ⟨p. 170⟩is mainely the sanctifying worke.
Quest. The second question is this, whether doth the Lord work this in all, and whether doth he work it in all alike or no. For I perceive the hearts of many poor Christians are gasping for this, the Lord never wrought upon me in this manner, and my heart was never thus battered & bruised, therefore how shall we know, whether the Lord doth work this in all or no, and in all alike?
Quest. The second question is this, whether doth the Lord worke this in all, and whether doth he worke it in all alike or no. For I perceive the hearts of many poore Christians are gasping for this, the Lord never wrought upon me in this maner, and my heart was never thus battered & bruised, therefore how shall we know, whether the Lord doth worke this in all or no, and in all alike?