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The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises
The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657
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.
Third Royalty. Faith is a Heart-commanding Grace.
Christs Vice-Roy here in the Soul, which Governs, Rules,1 and bears sway in the soul, by virtue of the power and Sceptre of Christ. Christ hath made Faith his Deputy here in the Soul, and not any other Grace but Faith. He knows Faith will rule by Christ, by his power, not its own: So Rule, as not to wrest the Sceptre out of Christs hand: It will rule for Christ, and to Christ: for his Glory, and to his Glory, not its own: and therefore he hath given Faith jurisdiction in the Soul. So that it is a Soul-commanding Grace: It is the Taskmaster of the Soul, puts every Grace upon its work, and burden: It will not suffer any Grace to be idle, but puts every Grace to its work.
Christs Vice-Roy here in the Soul, which Governs, Rules,1 and bears sway in the soul, by vertue of the power and Scepter of Christ. Christ hath made Faith his Deputy here in the Soul, and not any other Grace but Faith. Hee knows Faith will rule by Christ, by his power, not its own: So Rule, as not to wrest the Scepter out of Christs hand: It will rule for Christ, and to Christ: for his Glory, and to his Glory, not its own: and therefore hee hath given Faith jurisdiction in the Soul. So that it is a Soul-commanding Grace: It is the Taskmaster of the Soul, puts every Grace upon its work, and burden: It will not suffer any Grace to bee idle, but puts every Grace to its work.
- 1Third Royalty Faith. Its an Heart-commanding-Grace.