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The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
Sermon 2: What must, and can Persons do Towards their own CONVERSION?
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That he cannot think a good thought, 2 Cor. 3.5.
Mans liberty or power is referrible to Natural, Moral, or Spiritual things: To the first he hath great strength: To the second some: To the third none. A man freely doth natural and moral things, he can live soberly, and chastely, quoad externos actus, as to outward acts, he may abstain from gross sins, Theft, Murder Drunkenness, &c. he may come to the Congregations freely, hear the word, and not stop his ears as the deaf Adder doth, but as to spiritual acts, qua tales, he is impotent.
Mans liberty or power is referrible to Natural, Moral, or Spiritual things: To the first he hath great strength: To the second some: To the third none. A man freely doth natural and moral things, he can live soberly, and chastly, quoad externos actus, as to outward acts, he may abstain from gross sins, Theft, Murder Drunkenness, &c. he may come to the Congregations freely, hear the word, and not stop his ears as the deaf Adder doth, but as to spiritual acts, qua tales, he is impotent.
For the better understanding of the Query, What persons can do towards their own Conversion, I shall lay down several Theses or Conclusions, which I shall make good by Scripture as I proceed.
For the better understanding of the Querie, What persons can do towards their own Conversion, I shall lay down several Theses or Conclusions, which I shall make good by Scripture as I proceed.