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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 3 › Sermon 22
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Secondly, There is the attribute, 1. Exclusively, It is not meat or drink, that is, it consisteth not in the doctrinal opinions, in the different practice about these things. 2. Affirmatively and Positively, but this Kingdom of grace is in righteousness, ⟨p. 124⟩an universal conformity to Gods will, in peace, viz. with others, and in joy in the holy Ghost, viz. a godly joy in the exercise of all grace, accompanied with the sense of Gods favour and love in the Gospel, which is wrought in us by the holy Ghost, for Joy is reckoned among others the fruit of the Spirit.
Secondly, There is the attribute, 1. Exclusively, It is not meat or drink, that is, it consisteth not in the doctrinal opinions, in the different practice about these things. 2. Affirmatively and Positively, but this Kingdom of grace is in righteousnesse, ⟨p. 124⟩an universal conformity to Gods will, in peace, viz. with others, and in joy in the holy Ghost, viz. a godly joy in the exercise of all grace, accompanied with the sense of Gods favour and love in the Gospel, which is wrought in us by the holy Ghost, for Joy is reckoned among others the fruit of the Spirit.
That doctrinal disputations and difference of judgements in matters of Religion cannot 1be relied upon as symptoms and evidences of Grace.
- 1Observ.
Even the strong Christian who had the truth of his side, could not prove his godliness from his opinion or practice in this controversy, because the Kingdom of God consisted not in these things. The Apostle speaketh the like in another disputation, that did much exercise the godly,