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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. › Union with Christ, Evidence for Heaven.
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.
To get assurance of thy Union with Christ then, thou must of necessity begin here, viz. with a diligent search, whether thou art endued with the Spirit of Christ, yea, or nay; and in searching after this take notice,
To get assurance of thy Union with Christ then, thou must of necessity begin here, viz. with a diligent search, whether thou art indued with the Spirit of Christ, yea, or nay; and in searching after this take notice,
That the Spirit of God is said to be given,§1 Either Essentially, or Virtually. Essentially unto Christ only; virtually unto us: So as when the Scripture speaks of giving the holy Spirit of God to man, of the receiving of the Spirit by Man, and of the dwelling of the holy Spirit in man. In these texts and the like, we are not to understand the essence of that Person in Trinity, But the virtue, efficacy, and operation of that Person,
That the Spirit of God is said to be given,§1 Either Essentially, or Virtually. Essentially unto Christ onely; virtually unto us: So as when the Scripture speaks of giving the holy Spirit of God to man, of the receiving of the Spirit by Man, and of the dwelling of the holy Spirit in man. In these texts and the like, we are not to understand the essence of that Person in Trinity, But the vertue, efficacy, and operation of that Person,
Secondly, Note that the Spirit of God is §2virtually given unto man, either as a qualifier only, or as a sanctifier: As a restrainer, or as a renewer, and that reception of the Spirit, ⟨p. 4⟩