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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
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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.
thou poor Creature, thou art under this burden, and thus sensible of it, and lamentest that thou hast lived thus and thus, and made such a breach between me and thy soul, do thou come to me. And the truth is, till God speak in particular to the soul, the proclamation of God in general, will not bring in sinners, so Christ doth not only say in general, Come to me, but calls them in particular.
thou poor Creature, thou art under this burden, and thus sensible of it, and lamentest that thou hast lived thus and thus, and made such a breach between me and thy soul, do thou come to me. And the truth is, till God speak in particular to the soul, the proclamation of God in general, will not bring in sinners, so Christ doth not only say in general, Come to me, but cals them in particular.
3. You will say, How shall we know it is the voice of Christ? that is the third particular. Christ doth by the Spirit, secretly persuade the soul, that it is his voice, and not the voice of delusion; according to that in Cant. 2 8. The voice of my beloved. As it is, when the Soul is departed from God, and comes again to him, the Lord Christ makes the Soul to know his voice. So when he was in this world, after his Resurrection, he confers with Mary a while, and she thought it had been the Gardiner, and Christ he speaks but a word, speaks to her, and says, Mary; Rabboni, (saith she) Master presently. Christ did not tell her, he was the Christ, but he said Mary, and presently Mary knew it was the voice of Christ. And so when the Spirit of Christ speaks to the soul, there is such a secret instinct, a persuasion and manifestation of God to it, that it doth know indeed that it is the voice of God. I have been often at a Sermon, and heard many good men preach Christ, but I hear the voice of Christ this day in my soul, and I know it is the voice of Christ: Thus doth the soul that comes to Christ effectually.
3. You will say, How shall we know it is the voyce of Christ? that is the third particular. Christ doth by the Spirit, secretly perswade the soul, that it is his voyce, and not the voyce of delusion; according to that in