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Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ…Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ…
Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...
London: printed for Simon Miller, 1657
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.
4. Evangelical sorrow is mixed with Joy, being mixed with Faith and Hope; the Evangelical mourner looks upon his sorrow as a sacrifice, with which God is well-pleased, and therefore Joys that he can sorrow, that he can offer this Sacrifice to God, The Sacrifices of God are a broken and a contrite heart, and spirit: A broken, and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise, saith the Scripture, Psal. 51.17. And this the contrite heart believes, and therefore Joys, when it can sorrow.
4. Evangelical sorrow is mixed with Joy, being mixed with Faith and Hope; the Evangelical mourner looks upon his sorrow as a sacrifice, with which God is well-pleased, and therefore Joys that he can sorrow, that he can offer this Sacrifice to God, The Sacrifices of God are a broken and a contrite heart, and spirit: A broken, and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise, saith the Scripture, Psal. 51.17. And this the contrite heart beleeves, and therefore Joys, when it can sorrow.
5. Hence it comes to pass, that the Evangelical mourner, is an agent, as well as a patient, in the action of mourning. He strives to provoke and quicken his dull heart, and soul, to mourn, and thinks no labour too much to bestow, to bring his soul to a godly manner of mourning; He desires nothing more then to turn his Carnal mirth into Godly mourning, Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep, saith the Scripture, Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness, Jam. 4.9. This, this soul labours wonderfully to do, and nothing grieves him more, than that he cannot more grieve for sin: He labours to make his carnal mirth the matter of his spiritual mourning, and wishes, O that mine eyes were a fountain of tears, that I could weep day and night, for the sin of my nature, and the sin of my life, and the iniquity of my People.