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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
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.
6. •n all the services of God be 1sure to draw near to God, and keep thy mind from distraction and hypocrisy: The Sun cannot have such force to melt the wax, as the beams of Gods presence have to melt the heart, James 4. 6, 7, 3.
6. •n all the seruices of God be 1sure to draw neare to God, and keepe thy mind from distraction and hypocrisie: The Sun cannot haue such force to melt the waxe, as the beames of Gods presence haue to melt the heart, Iames 4. 6, 7, 3.
- 16 •e heed of distraction in God• service.6 •e heed of distraction in God• seruice.
7. The Apostle Paul being a 1sturdy Pharisee, had his heart beaten to power with the fear of the tenth Commandment, that told him, He must not lust. The knowledge and consideration of the abundance of sin-guiltiness he hath drawn upon himself by the inward fruits of his evil nature, killed him outright, brake his pride, and mortified him, as he at large repeats, Rom. 7