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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.
For the Lord Jesus Christs sake now pity your selves, if you desire your everlasting comfort, now take shame to your selves, that you may be for ever glorified; O now lance those proud rebellious hearts of yours, that you may find some ease; tear now in pieces those wretched hearts, that the core being let out, the cure may be good & sound.
For the Lord Jesus Christs sake now pitty your selves, if you desire your everlasting comfort, now take shame to your selves, that you may be for ever glorified; O now launce those proud rebellious hearts of yours, that you may finde some ease; teare now in pieces those wretched hearts, that the coare being let out, the cure may be good & sound.
1Secondly, this reproves the cunning hypocrite, howsoever he is content to be ashamed for his sin and to show the foulness of it, yet it is admirable to consider what sly passages and tricks he will have before he comes to open any thing; sometimes he sends for a faithful minister, and it is his intendment to confess his folly, and yet he goes back again and confesseth nothing at all; but if the Lord follow the close hearted hypocrite and let in some more of his indignation, and make his wrath to seize upon his soul, then he sets down a resolution to confess all; and yet there is such daubing & such secret acknowledgement of sin; it sticks in his teeth, something he will say that may be every man can say against him, and then he speaks of hardness of heart, and of wandering thoughts, and that which even the best of Gods people are troubled withal; but he never comes to those sinful lusts that lie heavyest upon his soul.
1Secondly, this reproves the cunning hypocrit, howsoever he is content to be ashamed for his sinne and to shew the foulnesse of it, yet it is admirable to consider what sly passages and trickes he will have before he comes to open any thing; sometimes he sends for a faithfull minister, and it is his entendment to confesse his folly, and yet he goes backe againe and confesseth nothing at all; but if the Lord follow the close hearted hypocrit and let in some more of his indignation, and make his wrath to seaze upon his soule, then he sets downe a resolution to confesse all; and yet there is such dawbing & such secret acknowledgment of sinne; it stickes in his teeth, something he will say that may be every man can say against him, and then he speakes of hardnesse of heart, and of wandering thoughts, and that which even the best of Gods people are troubled withall; but he never comes to those sinfull lusts that lie heavyest upon his soule.