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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. › The USE
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Answ. God knows best what we need. Paul was as righteous, before conversion, as any that can pretend to Civility now, I suppose: and yet, that notwithstanding, he was made shake, and was astonished at himself, at his Conversion. And truly, I think, the more righteous any is in his own eyes before conversion, the more need he has of heart breaking work, in order to his salvation, because a man is not by nature so easily convinced that his righteousness is to God abominable, as he is that his debauchery and profaneness is.
Answ. God knows best what we need. Paul was as righteous, before conversion, as any that can pretend to Civility now, I suppose: and yet, that notwithstanding, he was made shake, and was astonished at himself, at his Conversion. And truly, I think, the more righteous any is in his own eyes before conversion, the more need he has of heart breaking work, in order to his salvation, because a man is not by nature so easily convinced that his righteousness is to God abominable, as he is that his debauchery and prosaneness is.
A mans goodness is that which blinds him most, is dearest to him, and hardly parted with; ⟨p. 222⟩and therefore when such an one is converted that thinks he has goodness of his own enough to commend him in whole, or in part to God. (but, but few such are converted) there is required a great deal of breaking work upon his heart to make him come to Paul's conclusion, What! are we better than they? No, in no wise, Rom. 3. 9. I say, before he can be brought to see, his glorious Robes are filthy Rags, and his gainful things but loss and dung, Isa. 64. Phil. 3.