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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
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.
And yet again, not only the Son and the Father, 1but the Holy Ghost too will avouch this truth; He that hath an ear, 2let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches; 3And what's that? To him that overcometh — will I give a white stone, and in the stone a new name written: yea, I will write upon him New Jerusalem, and I will write upon him my new name, Revel. 2.17. and 3.12. The meaning is, he that is new born, and so overcomes sin Gods Spirit will give him his grace, the white stone, and his Kingdom, the new Jerusalem, and a new name, the name of filiation (saith a Modern) whereby truly he is called the new born Son of God. See here how old things being done away, all things are become new; by a new birth man hath got a new name, a new inheritance: and therefore as the Spirit, so the new birth is called a fire, that purgeth away dross, and makes souls bright and new, so that we must pass through this fire, or no passage into Paradise.
And yet again, not onely the Son and the Father, 1but the Holy Ghost too will avouch this truth; He that hath an ear, 2let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches; 3And what's that? To him that overcometh — will I give a white stone, and in the stone a new name written: yea, I will write upon him New Jerusalem, and I will write upon him my new name, Revel. 2.17. and 3.12. The meaning is, he that is new born, and so overcomes sin Gods Spirit will give him his grace, the white stone, and his Kingdom, the new Jerusalem, and a new name, the name of filiation (saith a Modern) whereby truly he is called the new born Son of God. See here how old things being done away, all things are become new; by a new birth man hath got a new name, a new inheritance: and therefore as the Spirit, so the new birth is called a fire, that purgeth away dross, and makes souls bright and new, so that we must pass thorow this fire, or no passage into Paradise.