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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.
I answer, for divers reasons.
First,1 because it is above the conceit of man, that there should be such a righteousness of God-Man; therefore it is discovered by the Spirit, and when it is discovered, the Spirit must open the eyes of the soul to see, else we shall have a natural knowledge ⟨p. 24⟩of supernatural things; for a man by a natural knowledge may understand them, so as to be able to discourse of them, therefore to change the soul, there must be a supernatural sight to see supernatural things. A devil incarnate may know all things and yet want to see, only the Holy Ghost gives inward fight, inward eyes, and works faith to see Christ as mine.
First,1 because it is above the conceit of man, that there should bee such a righteousnesse of God-Man; therefore it is discovered by the Spirit, and when it is discovered, the Spirit must open the eyes of the soule to see, els we shall have a naturall knowledge ⟨p. 24⟩of supernaturall things; for a man by a naturall knowledge may understand them, so as to be able to discourse of them, therefore to change the soule, there must be a supernaturall sight to see supernaturall things. A divell incarnate may know all things and yet want to see, onely the Holy Ghost gives inward fight, inward eyes, and workes faith to see Christ as mine.
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