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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.
Eleventhly, A man fruitful in righteousness §11from natural and moral principles, brings forth fruit to himself only, as Israel did, Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit to himself, Hos. 10.1. Israel was a fruitbearing vine, yet but an empty vine; how comes this to pass? why the next words tell us, he brings forth fruit to himself. Thus it is with a man, whose fruitfulness springs from natural and moral principles only, he brings forth fruit to himself, to his own base ends, his own honour, profit, and the like; but he that is fruitful in righteousness, as a branch in the vine, bringeth forth fruit unto God, to the glory of God, as the Scripture speaks, Rom. 7.4. His fruitfulness springs from, and depends upon Christs conjunction with his soul, and tends chiefly to the advancing God in Christ, God is both the efficient and fina•• cause of his fruitfulness.
Eleventhly, A man fruitfull in righteousnesse §11from naturall and morall principles, brings forth fruit to himself only, as Israel did, Israel is an empty vin•, he bringeth forth fruit to him•elf, Hos. 10.1. Israel was a fruitbearing vine, yet but an empty vine; how comes this to passe? why the next words tell us, he brings forth fruit to himself. Thus it is with a man, whose fruitfulnesse springs from naturall and morall principles only, he brings forth fruit to himself, to his own base ends, his own honour, profit, and the like; but he that is fruitfull in righteousnesse, as a branch in the vine, bringeth forth fruit unto God, to the glory of God, as the Scripture speaks, Rom. 7.4. His fruitfulnesse springs from, and depends upon Christs conjunction with his soul, and tends chiefly to the advancing God in Christ, God is both the efficient and fina•• cause of his fruitfulnesse.