A17397:1889
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.
14. He must carefully […] in […] first lo•e, Revel. 2. 4. The 1Lord is wont at some times or other, about the first conversion ⟨p. 465⟩of a sinner, to show himself with such power in his ordinances, and to reveal unto him such glories in the merits and gifts of Jesus Christ, and the happiness of his estate in him, that his heart is thereby fired to a cheerful liking of the means of salvation, and of godly persons, and to a wonderful desire of God, and care to please God. Now he that would prosper in a Christian course, must be wonderful careful to preserve affection, & this spiritual love in his heart, and watch against, and resist the first beginnings of decay, or coldness, or declining in his heart, and take heed of suffering his heart to be drawn away by the deceitfulness of sin, or the enticements of the world.
14. He must carefully 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 first lo•e, Reuel. 2. 4. The 1Lord is wont at some times or other, about the first conuersion ⟨p. 465⟩of a sinner, to shew himself with such power in his ordinances, and to reueale vnto him such glories in the merits and gifts of Iesus Christ, and the happinesse of his estate in him, that his heart is thereby fired to a cheerefull liking of the means of saluation, and of godly persons, and to a wonderfull desire of God, and care to please God. Now he that would prosper in a Christian course, must be wonderfull carefull to preserue affection, & this spirituall loue in his heart, and watch against, and resist the first beginnings of decay, or coldnesse, or declining in his heart, and take heede of suffering his heart to be drawne away by the deceitfulnesse of sinne, or the enticements of the world.