Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…

A Christian will not do §138common things, but first he sanctifies them, and dedicates himself, his person, and his actions to God, and so sees God in all things; whereas a carnal man sees reason only in all that he doth, but a Christian sees God in crosses to humble him, and every thing he makes spiritual; yet because there is a double principle in him, there will be some stirring of the flesh in his ⟨p. 92⟩actions, and sometimes the worser part will appear most, but here is the excellency of a Christians estate, that the Spirit will work it out at the last; it will never let his heart and conscience alone till it be wrought out by little and little.

A Christian will not doe §138common things, but first hee sanctifies them, and dedicates himselfe, his person, and his actions to God, and so sees God in all things; whereas a carnall man sees reason onely in all that hee doth, but a Christian sees God in crosses to humble him, and every thing hee makes spirituall; yet because there is a double principle in him, there will be some stirring of the flesh in his ⟨p. 92⟩actions, and sometimes the worser part will appeare most, but here is the excellencie of a Christians estate, that the Spirit will worke it out at the last; it will never let his heart and conscience alone till it be wrought out by little and little.

The Spirit of God may §139be known to be in weak Christians, as the soul is known to be in the body by the pulses; even so the Spirit discovers it self in them by pulses, by groaning, sighing, complaining, that it is so with them, and that they are no better; so that they are out of love with themselves, this is a good sign that ⟨p. 93⟩