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The upright Christian discovered
The upright Christian discovered by keeping himself from his iniquity, and resignation to the divine will. By way of question and answer. Gathered out of the judicious treatises of William Bates, D.D.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1693
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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.
Q. 5. What Motives are unto this?
A. These Six.
M. 1. Habitual indulged Lusts are irreconcilable with the state of Grace. They render us uncapable of God's pardoning Mercy here, and of the ⟨p. 12⟩heavenly Glory hereafter. Continued in, they do so.
M. 1. Habitual indulged Lusts are irreconcileable with the state of Grace. They render us uncapable of God's pardoning Mercy here, and of the ⟨p. 12⟩heavenly Glory hereafter. Continued in, they do so.
M. 2. We may by Divine Grace, subdue the strongest Lusts, that from our Nature and Temper, from Custom, or from Interests carnal, have rule over us. The new Covenant assures Believers, that sin shall not have dominion over them, because they are not under the Law but under Grace, Rom. 6.14.