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Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world
Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is showed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1657
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It should be a use of reprehension of our unbelieving hearts thus. It is the way of God when he comes in one mercy, that we should look upon it as a door of hope for further; but yet (mark ye) our unbelieving hearts will usually draw consequences from Gods mercies to nourish unbelief, quite contrary to the raising hope and faith, not to make Gods mercies a door of hope to let in mercy, but make it a door of unbelief to shut out mercy, as you shall find an unbelieving heart working from mercies ⟨p. 404⟩thus, I, they are mercies indeed, but they will never hold, they are mercies, but they are to prepare me for greater Judgments: and thus an unbelieving heart will work out arguments of unbelief, from the very mercies of God themselves; This is a great sin, for God bestows mercies to raise up hope, and to help thy faith to work, not to help thy unbelief to work, and yet (brethren) there are many christians that make no other use of Gods mercies, but merely to nourish their unbelief, and to strengthen their unbelief, whereas they should make them a door of hope. Again, an eight Use should be this.
It should be a use of reprehension of our unbeleeving hearts thus. It is the way of God when he comes in one mercy, that we should look upon it as a door of hope for further; but yet (mark ye) our unbeleeving hearts wil usually draw consequences from Gods mercies to nourish unbelief, quite contrary to the raising hope and faith, not to make Gods mercies a door of hope to let in mercy, but make it a door of unbeleif to shut out mercy, as you shal find an unbeleeving heart working from mercies