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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 6 › Chapter 3 › Section 9: Of conforming to Jesus in that respect.
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5. Let us pray to God that he will make us conformable to Jesus Christ. Is it Grace we want? let us beg of him, that of that fullness that is in Christ, we may in our measure receive grace for grace. Is it patience, or joy in sufferings that we want? let us beg of him, that as he hath promised, he will send us the comforter, that so we may follow Christ cheerfully from his cross to his crown, from earth to heaven. Is it mortification our souls pant after? this indeed makes us most like to Christ in his sufferings and death; why then pray we for this mortification.—
5. Let us pray to God that he will make us conformable to Jesus Christ. Is it Grace we want? let us beg of him, that of that fulness that is in Christ, we may in our measure receive grace for grace. Is it patience, or joy in sufferings that we want? let us beg of him, that as he hath promised, he will send us the comforter, that so we may follow Christ chearfully from his cross to his crown, from earth to heaven. Is it mortification our souls pant after? this indeed makes us most like to Christ in his sufferings and death; why then pray we for this mortification.—
But, how should we pray? I answer, 1. Let us plainly acknowledge, and heartily bemoan our selves in God's bosom for our sins, our abominable sins. 2. Let us confess our weakness, feebleness, and inability in our selves to subdue our sins: we have no might (may we say) against this great company that come against us, 1neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thee. 3. Let us put up our request, begging help from heaven, let us cry to God that virtue may come out of Christ's death to mortify our Lusts, to heal our Natures, to stanch our bloody issues; and that the Spirit may come into helps us in these works:2 for by the Spirit do we mortify the deeds of the body.
But, how should we pray? I answer, 1. Let us plainly acknowledge, and heartily bemoan our selves in God's bosom for our sins, our abominable sins. 2. Let us confess our weakness, feebleness, and inability in our selves to subdue our sins: we have no might (may we say) against this great company that come against us,