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Name: The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises
Author: Samuel Bolton

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 ...

Samuel Bolton 1606–1654London: printed by Robert Ibbitson for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657

[34], 420 [i.e. 455], [2] p. : port. · 221k words · Wing B3518 · ESTC R7007

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A TREATISE OF THE NATURE & ROYALTIES OF FAITH. › Royalty 16: Sixteenth Royalty. 16. Faith is an Heart-cheering-Grace.A TREATISE OF THE NATƲRE & ROYALTIES OF FAITH. › Royalty 16: Sixteenth Royalty. 16. Faith is an Heart-chearing-Grace.

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.

[ Earlier:1962–1977 of 4,540

:1962p. 119

But this Joy. The Joy of Faith, it is grounded joy; it is 1. A spiritual Joy, for the Nature of it. 2. A Hearty Joy, for the Nature of it. 3. A Satisfying Joy, for the fullness of it. 4. A Constant Permanent Joy, for the duration of it. — My Joy shall no man take from you.

But this Joy. The Joy of Faith, it is grounded joy; it is 1. A spiritual Joy, for the Nature of it. 2. A Hearty Joy, for the Nature of it. 3. A Satisfying Joy, for the fulness of it. 4. A Constant Permanent Joy, for the duration of it. — My Joy shall no man take from you.

:1963p. 119

Alas! what are all other joys to the Joy of Faith? The least morsel of this Joy, is worth all the full meals of worldly delights. The least gleaning of this Joy, is worth the whole Harvest of carnal mirth. The least drop of this, is worth an Ocean of any other. There is more moisture in one drop of this, than in a flood of temporal, and carnal delights.

Alas! what are all other joyes to the Joy of Faith? The least morsel of this Joy, is worth all the full meals of worldly delights. The least gleaning of this Joy, is worth the whole Harvest of carnal mirth. The least drop of this, is worth an Ocean of any other. There is more moisture in one drop of this, than in a flood of temporal, and carnal delights.

:1964p. 119

True Joy grows upon the stock of Faith. Where there is no Faith, there is no true Joy. Faith is the Root, and Joy is the Fruit. It is called, The Joy of Believers: Believers are the Subjects of it; and a Joy in Believing: Believing is the Root of it, Rom. 5.1.2.— Being justified by Faith, we have Peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also through Faith we have access into this Grace wherein we stand, rejoicing under the hope of the Glory of God,

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