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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 11 › Sermon 94
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Thirdly, To walk denoteth diligence, frequency and Customariness. There is a great 1difference between setting a mans foot accidentally or occasionally in a path, and walking in it: Ahab occasionally humbled himself, but it was not his way. Balaam desired to dye the death of the righteous; but did he ever do so before? He did not walk in the way of righteousness. To walk is a constant, frequent, customary exercise of a man, and doth not signify what a man in some fits, or some occasions may do, but what he is accustomed to: Even as the godly man, he sometimes turns aside out of the path of righteousness into ways of wickedness: David and Peter did so: yet we do not say, they did walk in wickedness; wickedness was not their constant customary practice: so it is with the wicked man, they ⟨p. 556⟩sometimes, especially under calamities and fears, step into the ways of Godliness, they do some godly and righteous things: but this is not their way, its not their custom: So that its not the bare doing holy and righteous actions: but are these thy way? dost thou walk in these? Is it not by mere accident, some sudden occasion; as a contrary wind sometimes driveth in the passenger to another Port then he expected or desired.
Thirdly, To walk denoteth diligence, frequency and Customariness. There is a great 1difference between setting a mans foot accidentally or occasionally in a path, and walking in it: Ahab occasionally humbled himself, but it was not his way. Balaam desired to dye the death of the righteous; but did he ever doe so before? He did not walk in the way of righteousnesse. To walk is a constant, frequent, customary exercise of a man, and doth not signifie what a man in some fits, or some occasions may doe, but what he is accustomed to: Even as the godly man, he sometimes turns aside out of the path of righteousnesse into wayes of wickednesse: David and Peter did so: yet we doe not say, they did walk in wickednesse; wickedness was not their constant customary practice: so it is with the wicked man, they ⟨p. 556⟩sometimes, especially under calamities and fears, step into the wayes of Godliness, they doe some godly and righteous things: but this is not their way, its not their custome: So that its not the bare doing holy and righteous actions: but are these thy way? dost thou walk in these? Is it not by meer accident, some suddain occasion; as a contrary wind sometimes driveth in the passenger to another Port then he expected or desired.