A26701:141
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise / by Joseph Alleine.
London : Printed and are to be sold by Nevil Simmons, 1678
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Commune then with thine own heart, and attend the common and general current of thine affections, whether it be towards God in Christ, above all other concernments. Indeed sudden and strong commotions of the affections and sensitive part, are oft-times found in hypocrites; especially where the natural constitution leads thereunto: and contrariwise, the sanctified themselves are many times without sensible stirrings of the affections, where the temper is more slow, dry and dull. The great inquiry is, whether the judgment and will be standingly determined for God, above all other good, real or apparent: and if the affections do sincerely follow their choice, and conduct, though it be not so strongly and sensibly, as is to be desired, there is no doubt, but the change is saving.
2. Throughout the Members. These that were before the instruments of sin, are now become the holy utensils of Christs living Temple, Rom. 6. 16. 1 Cor. 3. 16. He that before made, as it were, a band or a barrel of his body, now possesseth his vessel in sanctification, and honour, in temperance, chastity, and sobriety, as dedicated ⟨p. 35⟩to the Lord, 1 Thes. 44. Gal. 5. 22, 23. 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20.
2. Thorowout the Members. These that were before the instruments of sin, are now become the holy utensils of Christs living Temple, Rom. 6. 16. 1 Cor. 3. 16. He that before made, as it were, a band or a barrel of his body, now possesseth his vessel in sanctification, and honour, in temperance, chastity, and sobriety, as dedicated