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Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things
Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things: or, the doctrine of regeneration, the new birth, the very beginning of a godly life. Delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for I.A., 1650
Appendix › Chapter 5 › Section 6: The promises procuring comfort in Christ.
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.
Isa. 61.1. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted. The condition is, to be meek and broken hearted; and if this be thy case, then good tidings belong to thee, and Christ is sent to bind up thy broken heart in the bundle of peace.
Isa. 61.1. The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to binde up the broken hearted. The condition is, to be meek and broken hearted; and if this be thy case, then good tidings belong to thee, and Christ is sent to binde up thy broken heart in the bundle of peace.
Jerem. 31.19, 20. Surely, after that I was turned, I repented ⟨p. 70⟩(saith Ephraim) and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh, I was ashamed; yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth—Therefore (saith God) my bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. The condition is to repent, to be ashamed, confounded for sin, and if thy case be like Ephraims, God is the same to thee, his bowels yearn for thee, he will surely have mercy on thee.
Matth. 5.6. Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness. The condition is, to hunger and thirst after the righteousness of Christ; and this if thou dost, then art thou blessed from the mouth of our Saviour.