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The carnal professor Discovering the woeful slavery of a man guidedThe carnall professor Discovering the wofull slavery of a man guided
The carnal professor Discovering the woeful slavery of a man guided by the flesh. Distinguishing a true spiritual Christian that walks close with God, from all formalists in religion, rotten hearted hypocrites, and empty powerless professors whatsoever. By that faithful servant of Christ, Robert Bolton B.D. late preacher in Northampton Shire.The carnall professor Discovering the wofull slavery of a man guided by the flesh. Distinguishing a true spirituall Christian that walkes close with God, from all formalists in religion, rotten hearted hypocrites, and empty powerlesse professors whatsoever. By that faithfull servant of Christ, Robert Bolton B.D. late preacher in Northampton Shire.
London: printed by Miles Flesher for R. Dawlman, 1634
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THE CARNAL PROFESSOR. › Heart.THE CARNALL PROFESSOR. › Heart.
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If it be full of hardness, so as no sins, no judgements, no hopes, no fears, no promises, no instructions are able to awaken and melt the same: If it be full of impotency, not altered by the invitations and entreaties of God to return unto him: not persuaded by the fruitlessness of all sinful lusts to forsake them: If it be full of folly and madness, so as all ⟨p. 101⟩the creatures in the world are not able to cure it, full of infidelity ready to depart from the living God, under-valuing his precious promises, and mistrusting his power, full of pollution and uncleanness, full of unsearchable deceit and wickedness, a very forge and mint wherein all manner of sins are framed in secret purposes and desires, from whence they spring forth into life and action, then is thy heart also nothing but flesh, & thy whole man nothing but rottenness and corruption.
If it bee full of hardnes, so as no sinnes, no judgements, no hopes, no feares, no promises, no instructions are able to awaken and melt the same: If it bee full of impotency, not altered by the invitations and intreaties of God to returne unto him: not perswaded by the fruitlessenesse of all sinnefull lusts to forsake them: If it be full of folly and madnesse, so as all ⟨p. 101⟩the creatures in the world are not able to cure it, full of infidelity ready to depart from the living God, under-valuing his precious promises, and mistrusting his power, full of pollution and uncleanenesse, full of unsearchable deceit and wickednesse, a very forge and mint wherein all manner of sinnes are framed in secret purposes and desires, from whence they spring forth into life and action, then is thy heart also nothing but flesh, & thy whole man nothing but rottennesse and corruption.
If it be asked herein, how I distinguish betwixt the Elect and the ⟨p. 102⟩Reprobate, for albeit Gods children be purged through the blood of Christ, yea and the force of sin in some measure weakened in them,