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Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XVI.
Why the Saints feel these things so burdensome, Namely. 1. Because the Life of Grace is a tender and delicate thing. 2. Because Grace keeps the Soul in continual acting. And why God suffers Corruption notwithstanding the burdensomness thereof to remain in the Saints, Namely. 1. That hereby he may show forth his own power. 2. Hereby their Faith be exercised. 3. Hereby they are driven unto Prayer. 4. Hereby Stirred up unto Repentance. 5. Hereby make known his Wisdom. 6. Hereby manifest his justice in laying a stumbling block before the wicked. 7. Hereby the Saints may be induced to long more after Heaven. With two Consequences issuing from hence. 1. The differences between the Sins of the godly, and the wicked. 2. Why the Saints go on so sadly in their ways.
Why the Saints feel these things so burdensome, Namely. 1. Because the Life of Grace is a tender and delicate thing. 2. Because Grace keeps the Soul in continual acting. And why God suffers Corruption notwithstanding the burdensomness thereof to remain in the Saints, Namely. 1. That hereby he may shew forth his own power. 2. Hereby their Faith be exercised. 3. Hereby they are driven unto Prayer. 4. Hereby Stirred up unto Repentance. 5. Hereby make known his Wisdome. 6. Hereby manifest his justice in laying a stumbling block before the wicked. 7. Hereby the Saints may be induced to long more after Heaven. With two Consequences issuing from hence. 1. The differences between the Sins of the godly, and the wicked. 2. Why the Saints go on so sadly in their waies.