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Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…
Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...
London: printed for Peter Parker, 1674
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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.
Thirdly. From a […] of Impotence, to a state of power. A natural state is an impotent state, Rom. 5. 6. When we were yet without strength, in due time, Christ dyed for the ungodly. As a dead man is not able to move a finger to put off the worms that crawl upon his body and face: So a dead soul cannot get the victory over his flesh, and lusts. He is under an impossibility of doing any thing acceptable before God. But now God hath given you strength, that you should leap and walk, […] praise God. God did put strength into thy feet when he recovered thee from death to life, that tho• should be able to go through difficulties for his names sake. Brethren, those that are altogether without strength were certainly never brought to a true and spiritual life. If thou art brought from death to life, thou hast some strength. it may be it is but a little strength; But every Saint hath a little strength, so that he doth not live in the wilful practice of any sin. If thou hast not thus much thou art dead in thy sins.
Thirdly. From a 〈…〉 of Impotence, to a state of power. A natural state is an impotent state, Rom. 5. 6. When we were yet without strength, in due time, Christ dyed for the ungodly. As a dead man is not able to move a finger to put off the worms that crawl upon his body and face: So a dead soul cannot get the victory over his flesh, and lusts. He is under an impossibility of doing any thing acceptable before God. But now God hath given you strength, that you should leap and walk, 〈…〉 praise God. God did put strength into thy feet when he recovered thee from death to life, that tho• should• be able to go thorow dissiculties for his names sake. Brethren, those that are altogether without strength were certainly never brought to a true and spiritual life. If thou art brought from death to life, thou hast some strength. it may be it is but a little strength; But every Saint hath a little strength, so that he doth not live in the wilsul practice of any sin. If thou hast not thus much thou art dead in thy sins.