A30247:1716
A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is
A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is, by pregnant texts of Scripture vindicated from false glosses / by Anthony Burgess.
London : s.n., 1658
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Fourthly, From this followeth the next demonstration of our vassalage and spiritual impotency, That we cannot pray to God, that he would deliver us out of this misery. No natural man can pray, it is the grace of God that doth enable thereunto, he may utter the words of prayer, he may repeat the expressions, but (alas) he doth not, he cannot pray, as God requireth, and so as he will accept of it. The Apostle is clear for this, Rom. 8. 26. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities, ⟨p. 315⟩for we know not what to pray for as we ought; Is not this unspeakable misery, who needeth to pray more then thou, and yet thou canst not pray? Thou art sinning, thou art dying, thou are damning, and yet canst not pray: Is not thy heart like an adamant, if this break thee not?
Fourthly, From this followeth the next demonstration of our vassalage and spiritual impotency, That we cannot pray to God, that he would deliver us out of this misery. No natural man can pray, it is the grace of God that doth inable thereunto, he may utter the words of prayer, he may repeat the expressions, but (alas) he doth not, he cannot pray, as God requireth, and so as he will accept of it. The Apostle is clear for this, Rom. 8. 26. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities, ⟨p. 315⟩for we know not what to pray for as we ought; Is not this unspeakable misery, who needeth to pray more then thou, and yet thou canst not pray? Thou art sinning, thou art dying, thou are damning, and yet canst not pray: Is not thy heart like an adamant, if this break thee not?
Fifthly, Such is our impotency and bondage, That we are not able to affect our selves with the fear and terror of the Law, thereby to be convinced and humbled in our selves. If we cannot do the preparatories for grace, much less grace it self; if we cannot do the less, How shall we do the greater? Now one great preparatory work is, To have a divine and powerful fear in our souls, by reason of the Law, whereby we are afraid of hell, of the day of Judgement, and cannot have any rest in our spirits, because of this. Now this is wrought by the Spirit of God in a preparatory way,