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The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians…The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians…
The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians privilege in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramental approaches, danger if he do not sanctify God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians priviledge in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramentall approaches, danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for A. Kembe, 1644
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.
But though God do not take away the Ordinances from us, yet he may take us from the Ordinances, and that not only by death, but in life it self; and a sad thought this will bring to thy soul, when conscience shall report to you, your former negligence in the use of Ordinances.—
But though God do not take away the Ordinances from us, yet hee may take us from the Ordinances, and that not only by death, but in life it self; and a sad thought this will bring to thy soul, when conscience shall report to you, your former negligence in the use of Ordinances.—
II. Let me exhort you not only to a conscionable use of ordinances, ⟨p. 25⟩but to Conscionableness in the use of them; be not only conscionable to use them, but let your hearts be wrought up to a Conscionableness in the use of them. The power of the Word, the terror of the Law, the fear of wrath, and the hope of reward, may put a man to do duty; yea, & have power upon the spirit, and engage the conscience to do duty: You see many that dare not but pray, and yet have no heart in prayer; they have a conscience to do duty, but their hearts are not brought to any conscientiousness in the doing of it. A common work of God, may make men conscionable to do many duties, but nothing but the Spirit and Grace of Christ, will work up the heart to a conscionableness in the doing of them.
II. Let me exhort you not only to a conscionable use of ordinances, ⟨p. 25⟩but to Conscionableness in the use of them; be not onely conscionable to use them, but let your hearts be wrought up to a Conscionablenesse in the use of them. The power of the Word, the terror of the Law, the fear of wrath, and the hope of reward, may put a man to do duty; yea, & have power upon the spirit, and ingage the conscience to doe duty: You see many that dare not but pray, and yet have no heart in prayer; they have a conscience to doe duty, but their hearts are not brought to any conscientiousness in the doing of it. A common work of God, may make men conscionable to doe many duties, but nothing but the Spirit and Grace of Christ, will work up the heart to a conscionablenesse in the doing of them.