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Gospel remission, or, A treatise showing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin…Gospel remission, or, A treatise shewing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin…
Gospel remission, or, A treatise showing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin wherein is discovered the many Gospel mysteries therein contained, the glorious effects proceeding from it, the great mistakes made about it, the true signs and symptoms of it, the way and means to obtain it / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being several sermons preached immediately after those of The evil of sin by the same author, and now published by Philip Nye ... [et al.]Gospel remission, or, A treatise shewing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin wherein is discovered the many Gospel mysteries therein contained, the glorious effects proceeding from it, the great mistakes made about it, the true signs and symptomes of it, the way and means to obtain it / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being several sermons preached immediately after those of The evil of sin by the same author, and now published by Philip Nye ... [et al.]
London: printed for Dor. Newman, 1668
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.
The peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus; the word in the Original is very significant, shall guard your hearts; this is the emphaticalness of the phrase; as if the Apostle had said, The sweet peace of God, is such as passeth understanding, and shall guard your hearts; as indeed the peace of God that comes to flow out from the sweetness of the pardoning grace of God is such, as passeth understanding; but yet after all this, there will be many dangers, and you are to be involved with many temptations; but this peace of God will be a guard to your souls, to keep you from sin and temptation: The soul of a Believer that hath peace spoken to it, is there compared to a Captain in War, or a Prince that apprehends himself in some danger, sets a strong guard about his Person to keep him from danger: Now what is the guard, that keeps the soul of a Believer from temptation and danger? It is the peace of God, that is the greatest and strongest guard in the world; if you complain of sin and temptations, and that you are afraid that sin will surprise you; What guard would you have to keep you? The peace of God is the best guard that can be: Now after ⟨p. 120⟩this hath been a guard unto you if thy sin break in upon thee, as fully, and as freely, as if there were no guard at all; thy condition is very sad.
The peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus; the word in the Original is very significant, shall guard your hearts; this is the emphaticalness of the phrase; as if the Apostle had said, The sweet peace of God, is such as passeth understanding, and shall guard your hearts; as indeed the peace of God that comes to flow out from the sweetness of the pardoning grace of God is such, as passeth understanding; but yet after all this, there will be many dangers, and you are to be involved with many temptations; but this peace of God will be a guard to your souls, to keep you from sin and temptation: The soul of a Believer that hath peace spoken to it, is there compared to a Captain in War, or a Prince that apprehends himself in some danger, sets a strong guard about his Person to keep him from danger: Now what is the guard, that keeps the soul of a Believer from temptation and danger? It is the peace of God, that is the greatest and strongest guard in the world; if you complain of sin and temptations, and that you are afraid that sin will surprize you; What guard would you have to keep you? The peace of God is the best guard that can be: Now after