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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
EVIDENCE FOR HEAVEN. › Death to Sin.EVIDENCE FOR HEAVEN. › Death to Sinne.
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 soul that is alive to sin, is in league with sin, it makes leagues with sin, as the Israelites did with the inhabitants of Canaan; there is no unregenerate person, but he is in league with some sin or other, and though he lay some tribute upon his sin, or upon himself for his sin, yet he continues his league with sin still, and intends not the ruin of sin, nor the utter extirpation of sin: But the soul that is dead to sin, doth not make a league with any one sin, but his design is to ruin sin, all sin; he will not covenant to sin, as Judas and the chief-Priests did, but covenant against sin, as Job did, Job. 3 1.•. This is the second Character of a foul dead to sin.
The soul that is alive to sinne, is in league with finne, it makes leagues with sinne, as the Israelites did with the inhabitants of Canaan; there is no unregenerate person, but he is in league with some sinne or other, and though he lay some tribute upon his sinne, or upon himself for his sinne, yet he continues his league with sinne still, and intends not the ruine of sinne, nor the utter extirpation of sinne: But the soul that is dead to sinne, doth not make a league with any one sinne, but his design is to ruine sinne, all sinne; he will not covenant to sinne, as Iudas and the chief-Priests did, but covenant against sinne, as Iob did, Iob. 3 1.•. This is the second Character of a foul dead to sinne.
1As Saul should have dealt with Amalek, so doth the soul dead to sin, deal with sin; it spa•es none, it wars against the whole body of death, against every sin.
1As Saul should have dealt with Amalek, so doth the soul dead to sinne, deal with sinne; it spaes none, it warrs against the whole body of death, against every sinne.