A30243:1946
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 9 › Sermon 75
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3. It is therefore more difficult, because the judgement of God is more terrible to such in a spiritual manner. The Lord hath spiritual judgements, as well as 1temporal; and although we groan and complain more under bodily miseries, yet these spiritual have the greatest danger; and of all spiritual ones, this of hardness of heart is the most grievous, as by the Prophet appeareth, Isaiah. 6. Go and make their hearts fat, their eyes blind. Oh then fear the longer thou putst off, lest God will ⟨p. 456⟩smite thee with more stupidity, more senselessness, and so at last thou f•ll into an hopeless condition, that all means used for recovery, do make thy sickness more desperate.
3. It is therefore more difficult, because the judgement of God is more terrible to such in a spiritual manner. The Lord hath spirituall judgements, as well as 1temporall; and although we grone and complain more under bodily miseries, yet these spiritual have the greatest danger; and of all spiritual ones, this of hardnesse of heart is the most grievous, as by the Prophet appeareth, Esai. 6. Go and make their hearts fat, their eyes blinde. Oh then fear the longer thou putst off, lest God will ⟨p. 456⟩smite thee with more stupidity, more senslesnesse, and so at last thou f•ll into an hopelesse condition, that all means used for recovery, do make thy sicknesse more desperate.
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