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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 Lord shall lay all a mans abominations upon him, all his adulteries, and all his thefts, and now he sees what it is to depart from a blessed and a pure God; O then, he will be drunk, and unclean, and malicious no more, because the heart is weary of it, and is content to part with it.
When the Lord shal lay all a mans abominations upon him, all his adulteries, and all his thefts, and now he sees what it is to depart from a blessed and a pure God; O then, he will be drunke, and uncleane, and malitious no more, because the heart is weary of it, and is content to part with it.
From hence I reason thus, true drawing is ever accompanied with true believing; but this sense of sin in regard of the punishment of it, is not always accompanied with true believing, but a man must see his sin further in the vileness of it, and in the abomination of it; and then he shall undoubtedly believe.
From hence I reason thus, true drawing is ever accompanied with true beleeving; but this sense of sinne in regard of the punishment of it, is not alwaies accompanied with true beleeving, but a man must see his sinne further in the vilenes of it, and in the abomination of it; and then he shall undoubtedly beleeve.
The stream of the whole Scripture runs this way,1 as that in Matthew, Come to me all y•• that are weary and heavy laden and I will ease you: and this is that which Isaiah saith, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: