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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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2. Another Congruity is this, Hereby we shall come to prize pardon the more, and to esteem the grace of God in forgiving. 1The ⟨p. 158⟩sick esteem the Physician. The broken bones make a man cry out for ease. The famished Prodigal would be glad of crumbs. It is therefore fit, that a mans sins should be a burden, and an heavy trouble to him, that so pardon may be the sweeter, and Gods love the more welcome. When Josephs brethren were put in fear, and dealt with roughly as spies: after this to know that Joseph was their reconciled brother, did work the greater joy. Again, we shall hereby judge the better of Christs love to us, his sufferings in his soul were more exquisite then those in his body, when he cried: My God, why hast thou forsaken me? in this was the height of his Agony. Now thou that in thy repentance feelest Gods displeasure, art ready to cry out, Why dost thou forsake me? By these throbs and agonies in thy own soul, thou mayest have some scantling of what Christ had in his soul: and certainly to think that Christ was thus tempted, thus under Gods displeasure for thee, will more endear Christ to thee, then that he was made poor, a worm and no man, yea crucified for thee.
2. Another Congruity is this, Hereby we shall come to prize pardon the more, and to esteem the grace of God in forgiving. 1The ⟨p. 158⟩sick esteem the Physician. The broken bones make a man cry out for ease. The famished Prodigal would be glad of crums. It is therefore fit, that a mans sins should be a burden, and an heavy trouble to him, that so pardon may be the sweeter, and Gods love the more welcome. When Josephs brethren were put in fear, and dealt with roughly as spies: after this to know that Joseph was their reconciled brother, did work the greater joy. Again, we shall hereby judge the better of Christs love to us, his sufferings in his soul were more exquisite then those in his body, when he cried: My God, why hast thou forsaken me? in this was the height of his Agony. Now thou that in thy repentance feelest Gods displeasure, art ready to cry out, Why dost thou forsake me? By these throbs and agonies in thy own soul, thou maiest have some scantling of what Christ had in his soul: and certainly to think that Christ was thus tempted, thus under Gods displeasure for thee, will more indear Christ to thee, then that he was made poor, a worm and no man, yea crucified for thee.