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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.
A Christian, in this world, is alive, because of the righteousness of sanctification truly, but imperfectly, his spirit is alive, because of righteousness, that is, his understanding, will, and affections, &c. all the members of his body, his whole nature, so far forth as regenerate, is alive, because of the righteousness of sanctification (I say) so far forth alive, (that is) so far forth, he approves of righteousness, embraceth righteousness, and lives in the practise of righteousness, out of Love to the God of righteousness.
A Christian, in this world, is alive, because of the righteousnesse of sanctification truly, but imperfectly, his spirit is alive, because of righteousnesse, that is, his understanding, will, and affections, &c. all the members of his body, his whole nature, so farre forth as regenerate, is alive, because of the righteousnesse of sanctification (I say) so farre forth alive, (that is) so farre forth, he approves of righteousnesse, imbraceth righteousnesse, and lives in the practise of righteousnesse, out of Love to the God of righteoufnesse.
This is evident in the Apostle Paul, as soon as Christ had taken up his dwelling in Paul, and he was once alive to righteousness, his whole man so far forth as regenerate, was ⟨p. 79⟩turned about to another point, he had another judgment of the things of God than he had before and accordingly embraced, what he before refused; his heart was warmed with a love to the will and ways of God, and desire to walk therein; Lord, What wilt thou have me to do? (saith he) command what thou wilt, I am ready prest to obey thy will. And his great care was, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God, and towards man, as himself affirms, Act. 24.16. And thus it is with every man alive to righteousness, he hath the same frame of spirit that Paul had, the same grace that he had, as a man alive to righteousness, though not in the same measure.
This is evident in the Apostle Paul, as soon as Christ had taken up his dwelling in Paul, and he was once alive to righteousnesse, his whole man so farre forth as regenerate, was