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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.
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:2 because he hath anointed me to preach glad tidings to the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, & the opening of the prison to them that are bound, to proclaim the acceptable day of the Lord, and to comfort them that mourn: Nay, the garment of gladness is fitted only for the broken hearted, as in the third verse of that chapter, To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty ⟨p. 173⟩for ashes, and the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise, for the spirit of heaviness: Nay, the promises of largest extent in Scripture, do either expressly belong unto such as a•• broken in heart, or else they do imply so much that a man must be so before ever God can or will accept of him.
The streame of the whole Scripture runnes 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 Esay saith, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me:2 because he hath anointed me to preach glad tidings to the meeke, he hath sent me to binde up the broken hearted, to proclaime liberty to the captives, & the opening of the prison to them that are bound, to proclaime the acceptable day of the Lord, and to comfort them that mourne: Nay, the garment of gladnesse is fitted only for the broken hearted, as in the third verse of that chapter, To appoint unto them that mourne in Sion, to give unto them beauty ⟨p. 173⟩for ashes, and the oyle of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise, for the spirit of heavinesse: Nay, the promises of largest extent in Scripture, doe either expresly belong unto such as a broken in heart, or else they doe imply so much that a man must be so before ever God can or will accept of him.