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The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart showing the nature, signs…The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart shewing the nature, signs…
The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart showing the nature, signs and proper effects of a contrite spirit / being the last works of that eminent preacher and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Bunyan of Bedford ; with a preface ... by a eminent minister of the Gospel in London.The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart shewing the nature, signs and proper effects of a contrite spirit / being the last works of that eminent preacher and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Bunyan of Bedford ; with a preface ... by a eminent minister of the Gospel in London.
London : Printed for and are to be sold by George Larkin ..., 1689
THE Acceptable Sacrifice: OR, THE EXCELLENCY OF A BROKEN HEART.
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.
2. And Saving Faith therein. They that are spiritually Rich, are rich in Him, and in the Faith of Him, 2 Cor. 8. 9. James 2. 5.
The first of these, giveth us a Right to the Kingdom of Heaven; and the second, yields the Soul the Comfort of it; and the Broken hearted Man wants the Sense and Knowledge of his •nterest in these. That he knows he wants them, is plain; but that he knows he has them, is, what as yet he wants the Attainment of. Hence he says, The Poor and Needy seek Water, and there is none, and their Tongue fails for Thirst: There is none in their View, none in their View for them, Isa. 41. •7.
The first of these, giveth us a Right to the Kingdom of Heaven; and the second, yields the Soul the Comfort of it; and the Broken hearted Man wants the Sence and Knowledge of his •nterest in these. That he knows he wants them, is plain; but that he knows he has them, is, what as yet he wants the Attainment of. Hence he says, The Poor and Needy seek Water, and there is none, and their Tongue fails for Thirst: There is none in their View, none in their View for them, Isa. 41. •7.
Hence David when he had his Broken Heart, felt he wanted Washing, he wanted Purging, he wanted to be made White: He knew that Spiritual Riches lay there, but he did not so well perceive, that God had washed and purged him