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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.
3. The soul alive to sin, in sinning, doth the evil which he loves; but the soul dead to sin, in sinning, doth the evil which he hates; What I hate, that do I, saith a soul dead to sin, Rom 7.15. The soul alive to sin, though he refrain from sin, yet he loves it still; But the soul dead to sin, though he fall into sin, and be many times overpowered by sin, yet he doth not love sin, but hates it, so far forth as regenerate.
3. The soul alive to sinne, in sinning, doth the evill which he loves; but the soul dead to sinne, in sinning, doth the evill which he hates; What I hate, that do I, saith a soul dead to sinne, Rom 7.15. The soul alive to sinne, though he refrain from sinne, yet he loves it still; But the soul dead to sinne, though he fall into sinne, and be many times overpowred by sinne, yet he doth not love sinne, but hates it, so farre forth as regenerate.
Object. But conscience may here reply in some soul, and say; I cannot by this conclude that I am one dead to sin, but rather, that I am one alive to sin, for I find much inclination in my will to sin, and much adhering in affections to sin.
Object. But conscience may here reply in some soul, and say; I cannot by this conclude that I am one dead to sinne, but rather, that I am one alive to sinne, for I find much inclination in my will to sinne, and much adhering in affections to sinne.
Answ. 1. If this alone were sufficient to give the denomination of a soul alive to sin, then no soul living in a body of flesh, could conclude, that he were truly dead to sin, for their is no soul inhabiting this earthly house, no not the best alive, but hath cause thus •o complain.