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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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11. Men being come thus far, they are to wait upon God for doing ⟨p. 37⟩the work: when the pots were filled with water, the water was not made Wine, till Christ put forth his mighty power; neither were the men who lay at the pool of Bethesda cured, till the Angel came down and stirred the waters: so a man in this case is to wait until the Spirit of the Lord come in, & omnipotenti sua vitate, or victrici delectation overcome his will, and set it for the Lord, and spiritual things: when this is, the work is done, and done without violence to the will; for its an omnipotent presence prevails with the will, and its immediately made willing in the day of this power.
11. Men being come thus far, they are to wait upon God for doing ⟨p. 37⟩the work: when the pots were fil'd with water, the water was not made Wine, till Christ put forth his mighty power; neither were the men who lay at the pool of Bethesdah cur'd, till the Angel came down and stirred the waters: so a man in this case is to wait until the Spirit of the Lord come in, & omnipotenti sua vitate, or victrici delectatione overcome his will, and set it for the Lord, and spiritual things: when this is, the work is done, and done without violence to the will; for its an omnipotent presence prevails with the will, and its immediately made willing in the day of this power.
By these forementioned things men are in a proximity or nextness to Conversion, but not converted. It must be an higher power then our own, which lifts us up into an higher nature or state then we are in at present. Though men may do much upon moral persuasions: yet not so much as to make themselves Converts, or spiritual, of Animal or Natural. Previous actions and preparative dispositions, may make a man a picture of a Convert, not a true or living Convert.
By these forementioned things men are in a proximity or nextness to Conversion, but not converted. It must be an higher power then our own, which lifts us up into an higher nature or state then we are in at present. Though men may do much upon moral perswasions: yet not so much as to make themselves Converts, or spiritual, of Animal or Natural. Previous actions and preparative dispositions, may make a man a picture of a Convert, not a true or living Convert.