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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.
Commonly the Lord will not show mercy to such as these are, in hugger mugger, but will make the world see their humiliation, as they have seen their rebellion and opposition.
Commonly the Lord will not shew mercy to such as these are, in hugger mugger, but wil make the world see their humiliation, as they have seen their rebellion and opposition.
Thus the Lord deals with the secret thief & close adulterer; the Lord plucks away their corruptions, & makes them vomit up their sweet morsels, and then they will say, these are my sins, and this heart of mine is hardened by the continuance in them: And therefore it is that the Lord works in this manner.
Thus the Lord deales with the secret theefe & close adulterer; the Lord pluckes away their corruptions, & makes them vomit up their sweet morsels, and then they will say, these are my sins, and this heart of mine is hardened by the continuance in them: And therefore it is that the Lord workes in this manner.
But if the soul be otherwise trained up among ⟨p. 180⟩godly parents, and live under a soul-saving ministry, that saith, you cannot go to heaven by a civill course, and you cannot have any dispensation for your profanation of the Sabbath; I say, if a man live under such a ministry & keep good company, the Lord may reform this man, and cut him off from his corruptions kindly, and break his heart secretly in the apprehension of his sins, and yet the world never see it.