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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 2 › Sermon 18
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and their ends also, because they see Gods likeness in them.
and their ends also, because they see Gods likenesse in them.
Secondly, This love is not verbal or complemental, such as that of the world, 1which hath great veins, but little blood in them, but it is a most inward deep affectionate grace, moving all the bowels within. Thus Rom. 12. Be kindly affectionated to one another in love, [Greek or Hebrew], doth imply an inward rooted inclination, such as is in mothers to their tender infants. There are those who seem to love godly men, but it is when the times favour them, if there be any benign constellations for such, then they respect them, otherwise in their heart and inclinations they can no ways endure those that are godly. When therefore we speak of loving godly men, we mean not a fair loving carriage, a kind behaviour towards them, which makes thee far from all railing or opposing of them, but such an affection as is rooted in thy heart.
Secondly, This love is not verbal or complemental, such as that of the world, 1which hath great veins, but little bloud in them, but it is a most inward deep affectionate grace, moving all the bowels within. Thus Rom. 12. Be kindely affectionated to one another in love, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, doth imply an inward rooted inclination, such as is in mothers to their tender infants. There are those who seem to love godly men, but it is when the times favour them, if there be any benign constellations for such, then they respect them, otherwise in their heart and inclinations they can no waies endure those that are godly. When therefore we speak of loving godly men, we mean not a fair loving carriage, a kinde behaviour towards them, which makes thee farre from all railing or opposing of them, but such an affection as is rooted in thy heart.