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Spiritual refining
Spiritual refining: or A treatise of grace and assurance Wherein are handled, the doctrine of assurance. The use of signs in self-examination. How true graces may be distinguished from counterfeit. Several true signs of grace, and many false ones. The nature of grace under divers Scripture notions or titles, as regeneration, the new-creature, the heart of flesh, vocation, sanctification, &c. Many chief questions (occasionally) controverted between the orthodox and the Arminians. As also many cases of conscience. Tending to comfort and confirm saints. Undeceive and convert sinners. Being CXX sermons preached and now published by Anthony Burgess sometime fellow of Emanuel College in Cambridge, and now pastor of the church of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.Spiritual refining: or A treatise of grace and assurance Wherein are handled, the doctrine of assurance. The use of signs in self-examination. How true graces may be distinguished from counterfeit. Several true signs of grace, and many false ones. The nature of grace under divers Scripture notions or titles, as regeneration, the new-creature, the heart of flesh, vocation, sanctification, &c. Many chief questions (occasionally) controverted between the orthodox and the Arminians. As also many cases of conscience. Tending to comfort and confirm saints. Undeceive and convert sinners. Being CXX sermons preached and now published by Anthony Burgess sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and now pastor of the church of Sutton-Coldfield in Warwickshire.
London: printed by A. Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1652
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A TREATISE OF GRACE and ASSURANCE; Being CXX. SERMONS. › Section 5 › Sermon 41
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By these Arguments it may appear, that whensoever you see a man, of an old servant to sin and Satan, made the Son of God and a new Creature; you may say, Verily God was there, these devils and lusts have been cast out only by the finger of God.
By these Arguments it may appear, that whensoever you see a man, of an old servant to sin and Satan, made the Son of God and a new Creature; you may say, Verily God was there, these devils and lusts have been cast out onely by the finger of God.
Now in making his Children new Creatures, he demonstrates several properties 1of his in their great lustre and glory: As
Now in making his Children new Creatures, he demonstrates severall properties 1of his in their great lustre and glory: As
- 1God discovers many of his glorious Attributes in forming the new Creature. 1. Goodness.God discovers many of his glorious Attributes in forming the new Creature. 1. Goodnesse.
First, His great goodness and pity to us: How often is this called his grace, and the riches of his grace. It was Gods goodness to make a world, but this is the riches of his goodness not to throw us away, as refuse, fit fuel only of everlasting flames; It might have been with all man-kind as it was with the Devils; in their Deluge God did not provide an Ark to save so much as eight persons, not one Angel had he compassion on. This grace of God is so deeply apprehended by the partakers thereof, that they rejoice in it, speak of it all the day long, plead for it, and that they live, or have any outward comforts is nothing to this wonderful mercy of God to them.