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The souls vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.HThe soules vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H
The souls vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H.The soules vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H.
London: printed by John Haviland for Andrew Crooke, 1638London: printed by Iohn Haviland for Andrew Crooke, 1638
The Souls effectual calling to CHRIST. › PartThe Soules effectuall calling to CHRIST. › Part
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.
Let every one ask this great question, How may I know when the Spirit is in me? That you know it not, the fault is your own; look into the word. It is with a poor soul, as with little children; the child in the night being hungry, seeks for the dug, but if he doth not lay hold of it, he gets no good b• it; so thou hast been a long time musling about a dry chip, and hast got no comfort. Be sure therefore to lay hold upon the promise, hold it, and thy spirit shall be filled with marrow and fatness. If there be marrow in a bone, thou must break it before thou canst get any out. So it is with the promises; they are full of sweetness, but you must chew them, break them, and bestow thy heart on them. An Alchemist that distils oil, doth draw out the spirit of metals, but it is by distillation: so it is with the promises, they are excellent metal, there is a great deal of comfort in them, but if you will have benefit by them, ⟨p. 69⟩you must distil them by meditation.
Let every one ask this great question, How may I know when the Spirit is in me? That you know it not, the fault is your owne; look into the word. It is with a poore soule, as with little children; the childe in the night being hungry, seekes for the dug, but if he doth not lay hold of it, he gets no good b• it; so thou hast been a long time musling about a dry chip, and hast got no comfort. Be sure therefore to lay hold upon the promise, hold it, and thy spirit shall be filled with marrow and fatnesse. If there be marrow in a bone, thou must breake it before thou canst get any out. So it is with the promises; they are full of sweetnesse, but you must chew them, breake them, and bestow thy heart on them. An Alchimist that distils oyle, doth draw out the spirit of metalls, but it is by distillation: so it is with the promises, they are excellent metall, there is a great deale of comfort in them, but if you will have benefit by them, ⟨p. 69⟩you must distill them by meditation.