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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.
So it is here, corruption in the Heart ⟨p. 238⟩is like the Ashes, and Grace is like some spark that lies in a Corner, and when poor Souls go to examine their Hearts, they see a great deal of Ashes, a great deal of Corruption, and are ready to conclude, the fire is out, no spark there, I but, though rhou canst not find a spark there, yet being in Christ, God will find it when thou canst not thy self, if there be any that lies in any corner, as we hope there is some sparks in many, though there is so much Corruption in the Hearts of many godly people, that we wonder where their Grace lies, so much passion, frowardness, and the like, well, were it indeed that these were under the Covenant of works, under the Law, that corruption that doth appear in them would cause all to be cast off, whatever might lie secretly in their Hearts, God would cast it off, but now, if they be such as are under the Covenant of Grace, and the Lord hath brought them to Christ, this is the Rest and ease for their Souls, that all the Corruption that is in them shall not hinder the acceptation of the least spark of the Grace of God that the Lord hath wrought in them.
So it is here, corruption in the Heart ⟨p. 238⟩is like the Ashes, and Grace is like some spark that lies in a Corner, and when poor Souls go to examin their Hearts, they see a great deal of Ashes, a great deal of Corruption, and are ready to conclude, the fire is out, no spark there, I but, though rhou canst not find a spark there, yet being in Christ, God will find it when thou canst not thy self, if there be any that lies in any corner, as we hope there is some sparks in many, though there is so much Corruption in the Hearts of many godly people, that we wonder where their Grace lies, so much passion, frowardness, and the like, well, were it indeed that these were under the Covenant of works, under the Law, that corruption that doth appear in them would cause all to be cast off, whatever might lie secretly in their Hearts, God would cast it off, but now, if they be such as are under the Covenant of Grace, and the Lord hath brought them to Christ, this is the Rest and ease for their Souls, that all the Corruption that is in them shall not hinder the acceptation of the least spark of the Grace of God that the Lord hath wrought in them.