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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.
First, This is to be done, be sure thou takest off thy heart from all other imaginary blessedness; certainly there is no man in the world but hath somewhat else his heart was running out after; now thou must get off thy heart from that thing whatever it be; it may be thy heart was set upon friends, or upon pleasures of the flesh, and thou thoughtest thy self happy ⟨p. 212⟩the more thou hadst liberty for thy lust, and the like; now thou must be convinced that thou hast fed upon ashes, and hast not been able to say there is a lie in my right hand; but God hath now showed me there is a lie, and I have looked for happiness else where; but now I see it is not there to be found, win thy soul fully to this; O my soul art thou taken off from all other things, hath God convinced thee that thou mayst have honours, riches, pleasures, and yet be a Reprobate, woe unto me for the time that I have lost, I have laid out my time and money for another blessedness, that is no where to be found but in the grace of God.
First, This is to be done, be sure thou takest off thy heart from all other imaginary blessedness; certainly there is no man in the world but hath somewhat else his heart was running out after; now thou must get off thy heart from that thing whatever it be; it may be thy heart was set upon friends, or upon pleasures of the flesh, and thou thoughtest thy self happy ⟨p. 212⟩the more thou had'st liberty for thy lust, and the like; now thou must be convinc't that thou hast fed upon ashes, and hast not been able to say there is a lie in my right hand; but God hath now shewed me there is a lie, and I have look't for happiness else where; but now I see it is not there to be found, win thy soul fully to this; O my soul art thou taken off from all other things, hath God convinc't thee that thou may'st have honours, riches, pleasures, and yet be a Reprobate, wo unto me for the time that I have lost, I have laid out my time and mony for another blessedness, that is no where to be found but in the grace of God.