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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 3 › Chapter 2 › Section 5: Of Believing in Jesus in that Respect.
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4. What if by no means God will clear the guilty? stubbornly guilty? yet never will he destroy humble souls that lye at his feet, and are willing to have mercy on his easy terms. How shall I give thee up Ephraim, how shall I deliver thee O Israel?1 how shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together, I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger, I will not destroy Ephraim, for I am God and not Man, the Holy One in the middest of ••ee; O my soul! why standest thou at a distance with God? Why dost thou fancy a Lion in the way? O believe in God, believe in Jesus! and believe thy portion in this Covenant of grace! have sweet and delightful thoughts of Gods nature, and thou wilt not, thou canst not sly from him: some are of opinion that a soul may fetch more encouragements to believe, from the consideration of Gods gracious and merciful nature, than from the promise it self.
4. What if by no means God will clear the guilty? stubbornly guilty? yet never will he destroy humble souls that lye at his feet, and are willing to have mercy on his easie terms. How shall I give thee up Ephraim, how shall I deliver thee O Israel?1 how shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together, I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger, I will not destroy Ephraim, for I am God and not Man, the Holy One in the middest of ••ee; O my soul! why standest thou at a distance with God? Why dost thou fancy a Lion in the way? O b•lieve in God, believe in Jesus! and believe thy portion in this Covenant of grace! have sweet and delightful thoughts of Gods nature, and thou wilt not, thou canst not sly from him: some are of opinion that a soul may fetch more encouragements to believe, from the consideration of Gods gracious and merciful nature, than from the promise it self.