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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.
Come we therefore to make some Use.1 The Spirit doth Convince of sin. But how? by the Ministry ordinarily, though not alone by the Ministry. Therefore we must labour willingly to submit to the Ministry Convincing of sin. Conscience will Convince first or last. Is it not better to have a saving Conviction now to purpose, then to have a bare desperate Conviction in Hell. ⟨p. 12⟩O beloved all the admonitions we hear, if we regard them not now, we shall hereafter, therefore labour to make good use of this Sword of the Spirit of God, and it is an argument of a good heart to wish, O that the Ministry might meet with my corruption, that it may be discovered to me to the full. A true heart thinks sin the greatest enemy, and of all other miseries it desires to be freed from the thraldom thereof; For that defiles Heaven and Earth and separates God from his creature. Its that that threw Angels out of Heaven, Adam out of Paradise. What embitters blessings and puts a sting into all afflictions but sin? if it were not for sin we would take up any cross, and ⟨p. 13⟩bear any affliction more quietly then we do.
Come we therfore to make some Use.1 The Spirit doth Convince of sin. But how? by the Ministery ordinarily, though not alone by the Ministery. Therefore we must labour willingly to submit to the Ministery Convincing of sin. Conscience will Convince first or last. Is it not better to have a saving Conviction now to purpose, then to have a bare desperate Conviction in Hell. ⟨p. 12⟩O beloved all the admonitions we heare, if wee regard them not now, we shall hereafter, therefore labour to make good use of this Sword of the Spirit of God, and it is an argument of a good heart to wish, O that the Ministery might meet with my corruption, that it may be discovered to me to the full. A true heart thinkes sinne the greatest enemy, and of all other miseries it desires to be freed from the thraldome thereof; For that defiles Heaven and Earth and separates God from his creature. Its that that threw Angels out of Heaven, Adam out of Paradice. What imbitters blessings and puts a sting into all afflictions but sinne? if it were not for sinne wee would take up any crosse, and