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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.
His design, I say, is the Salvation of the Soul. He scourgeth, ⟨p. 29⟩he breaketh the Heart of every Son whom he receiveth, and Woe be to him whose Heart God breaketh not.
His design, I say, is the Salvation of the Soul. He scourgeth, ⟨p. 29⟩he breaketh the Heart of every Son whom he receiveth, and Wo be to him whose Heart God breaketh not.
And thus have I proved, what at first I asserted; namely, That a Spirit rightly Broken, an Heart truly Contrite, is to God an Excellent Thing. A Broken and a Contrite Heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. For thus say I,
1. This is Evident, for that it is better than Sacrifices; than all Sacrifice. 2. The Man that has it, is of more esteem with God than Heaven and Earth. 3. God coveteth such a Man, for his Intimate and House-Companion. 4. He Reserveth for them his Cordials, and spiritual Comforts. ⟨p. 30⟩5. He has given his Son à charge, a Commandment, to take Care that the Broken hearted be healed, and he is resolved to heal them. 6. And concluded, that the Broken hearted, and they that are of a Contrite Spirit, shall be saved, that is, Possest of the Heavens.