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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
Sermon 12: The Case, or Question, which comes to be spoken unto this morning, is; Quest. How may P…
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To the examples, taken out of the Holy Scriptures, I shall subjoin ⟨p. 308⟩two also, out of Ecclesiastical History. The one is related by Ruffinus, who gives this account of the Conversion of the Kingdom of the Iberians to the Faith. There was, saith he, a certain poor woman, who had been taken Captive, and lived among them. She was, at first, taken notice of, for her Sobriety, and Modesty: and then, for her spending so much •ime in Prayer. These raised a great admiration of her in the minds of the Barbarians. At last, they brought to her a sick child, which, upon her prayers, was restored to health. This spread her fame abroad, so that the Queen of the Country was brought to her, and by her prayers recovered. Whereupon the King, and Kingdom were won over to Christ, and the King sent to Constantine the Great, for some to instruct them farther in the Christian Religion. Ruffin. Hist. Eccl. l. 1. c. 10. The holy Conversation, and the ardent Devotions of private Christians are excellent means to recommend the Gospel, and to represent it, as most amiable, and desirable.
To the examples, taken out of the Holy Scriptures, I shall subjoin ⟨p. 308⟩two also, out of Ecclesiastical History. The one is related by Ruffinus, who gives this account of the Conversion of the Kingdom of the Iberians to the Faith. There was, saith he, a certain poor woman, who had been taken Captive, and lived among them. She was, at first, taken notice of, for her Sobriety, and Modesty: and then, for her spending so much •ime in Prayer. These raised a great admiration of her in the minds of the Barbarians. At last, they brought to her a sick child, which, upon her prayers, was restored to health. This spread her fame abroad, so that the Queen of the Country was brought to her, and by her prayers recovered. Whereupon the King, and Kingdom were won over to Christ, and the King sent to Constantine the Great, for some to instruct them farther in the Christian Religion. Ruffin. Hist. Eccl. l. 1. c. 10. The holy Conversation, and the ardent Devotions of private Christians are excellent means to recommend the Gospel, and to represent it, as most amiable, and desireable.