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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.
Quest. But you will say, Seeing the remaining of Corruption in the Hearts of the Saints is so burdensome, why doth God so order things in his providence, as his own dear Saints should be so troubled with their Corruptions while they live in this world? God could deliver them from their Corruptions, why will God make them cry out, O Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this Body of Death? God could as well perfect our Sanctification, as our Justification: why doth God thus order things in his providence, that his own dear Saints should groan under such a burden of Corruption all their days?
Quest. But you wil say, Seeing the remaining of Corruption in the Heurts of the Saints is so burdensom, why doth God so order things in his providence, as his own dear Saints should be so troubled with their Corruptions while they live in this world? God could deliver them from their Corruptions, why wil God make them cry out, O Wreched man that I am, who shal deliver me from this Body of Death? God could as wel perfect our Sanctification, as our Justification: why doth God thus order things in his providence, that his own dear Saints should groan under such a burden of Corruption al their daies?
Answ. For that briefly thus, Though it is true, that God could presently take all our Corruptions; as soon as ever we come to Jesus Christ, God could deliver us from our Corruptions, but the Lord will not, he hath many holy ends why he doth suffer his own people to be under this burden while they live here in the flesh, As.
Answ. For that breifly thus, Though it is true, that God could presently take all our Corruptions; as soon as ever we come to Jesus Christ, God could deliver us from our Corruptions, but the Lord wil not, he hath many holy ends why he doth suffer his own people to be under this burden while they live here in the flesh, As.