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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.
CHRIST INVITING SINNERS TO COME TO HIM. › Chapter 36 › Sanctification the Rest from Corruption.
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.
First, it attains the end that God intended in the making of it a man or woman, now they attain in great part the end for which they are born, thou art born to that end that thou mightest be holy, that thou mightest live here in this world unto God, which by sanctification thou dost that is the end God aimed at, the end why thou art borne, why thou camest into the world.
First, it attains the end that God intended in the making of it a man or woman, now they attain in great part the end for which they are born, thou art born to that end that thou mightest be holy, that thou mightest live here in this world unto God, which by sanctification thou dost that is the end God aymed at, the end why thou art borne, why thou camest into the world.
Secondly, It is the end of all Gods ways towards thee, a special end of all the passages of Gods providence to thee, of all the workings of God towards thee in this world, of all the ways of his providence to thee, that thou mightest be godly, that thou mightest live to him to his praise.
Secondly, It is the end of al Gods wayes towards thee, a special end of al the passages of Gods providence to thee, of al the workings of God towards thee in this world, of al the wayes of his providence to thee, that thou mightest be godly, that thou mightest live to him to his praise.
Thirdly, It is the great end of Christs coming into the world, Christ came into the world, that he might purchase a peculiar people, Zealous of good works, and that he might sanctify them unto himself.
Thirdly, It is the great end of Christs coming into the world, Christ came into the world, that he might purchase a peculiar people, Zealous of good works, and that he might sanctifie them unto himselfe.