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The saints privilege or A Christians constant advocate Containing a short, but most sweet…The saints priuiledge or A Christians constant advocate Containing a short, but most sweet…
The saints privilege or A Christians constant advocate Containing a short, but most sweet direction for every true Christian to walk comfortably through the valley of tears. By the faithful and reverend divine, R. Sibs, D.D. and sometimes preacher to the honourable society of Gray's Inn.The saints priuiledge or A Christians constant advocate Containing a short, but most sweet direction for every true Christian to vvalke comfortably through the valley of teares. By the faithfull and reverend divine, R. Sibs, D.D. and sometimes preacher to the honourable society of Grayes Inne.
London: printed by G. Miller for George Edwards, 1638
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.
There are three main parts of salvation.
There are three maine parts of salvation.
Knowledge of our misery, knowledge of our deliverance, and a life answerable. The Holy Ghost shall work all these, he shall Convince the world of their own sin, of righteousness by a Mediator, and of a reformation of life: So that the Holy Ghost shall go along with you in the carriage of the whole business of mans salvation. Where he begins, he makes an end. Where he Convinces of sin, he Convinces of righteousness, and then of a necessity of a reformation, he bears all afore him, and he doth it in a spiritual order.
Knowledge of our misery, knowledge of our deliverance, and a life answerable. The Holy Ghost shall worke all these, hee shall Convince the world of their owne sinne, of righteousnesse by a Mediator, and of a reformation of life: So that the Holy Ghost shall goe along with you in the carriage of the whole businesse of mans salvation. Where hee begins, hee makes an end. Where he Convinces of sin, hee Convinces of righteousnesse, and then of a necessity of a reformation, hee beares all afore him, and he doth it in a spirituall order.
1First, he Convinces the world of sin, then of righteousness, then of judgement, because it were in vain to Convince of the righteousness ⟨p. 5⟩of Christ, unless he hath before Convinced of sin; For who cares for balm that is not wounded? who cares for a pardon that is not condemned? therefore he Convinces of sin first. I have spoken heretofore of Convincing of sin.