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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 10 › Sermon 87
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Thirdly, The sensibleness of it is discovered, in that When he repents of sin, he 1is much affected because of the unkindness that is in sin against God. Against thee, this only have I sinned, Psal. 51. These Israelites should loath and abhor themselves when God was pacified towards them, Ezek. 16. 63. This fleshy heart is so sensible of the ill requital that is in all sin, for God his favour and love to them, that this affects them abundantly.
Thirdly, The sensiblenesse of it is discovered, in that When he repents of sin, he 1is much affected because of the unkindnesse that is in sin against God. Against thee, this only have I sinned, Psal. 51. These Israelites should loath and abhorre themselves when God was pacified towards them, Ezek. 16. 63. This fleshy heart is so sensible of the ill requitall that is in all sin, for God his favour and love to them, that this affects them abundantly.
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Fourthly, This fleshy heart implies Tractableness and docibleness in the understanding, ⟨p. 518⟩1and flexibility in the will. Tractableness in the understanding, that whereas a man naturally shuts his eyes against the light, he will not hear or understand, but is froward, cavilling and always disputing against the things of his everlasting peace; now he hath obtained that religion which the Apostle calls [Greek or Hebrew], easily to be persuaded. This is one great corruption in man, that his understanding exalteth it self against the word, and he hath many carnal cavils and and prejudices against grace: now when God worketh on the heart, the understanding is captivated and brought into obedience,