A31952:740
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.
The soul thus sealed by the holy Spirit of ⟨p. 199⟩God, is never better pleased with it self, than when it can weep over Christ, whom it hath pierced, and find Christ bleed over it; it is never well, but when in this frame, it desires nothing more than such a frame of spirit, as cannot look upon sin, but it sighs for sorrow, nor upon its Saviour, but it smiles for joy.
The soul thus sealed by the holy Spirit of ⟨p. 199⟩God, is never better pleased with it self, than when it can weep over Christ, whom it hath pierced, and find Christ bleed over it; it is never well, but when in this frame, it desires nothing more than such a frame of spirit, as cannot look upon sinne, but it sighs for sorrow, nor upon its Saviour, but it smiles for joy.
When Christ thus imparts himself to the soul, this soul speaks to Christ, as God once spake to Abraham, Now I know that thou lovest me, seeing thou hast not with-held from me, thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, said God to Abraham: So saith this soul to Christ, now I know that thou lovest me, seeing thou hast not with-held from me this grace that is so lovely in thy sight, but when it cannot find Christ thus present with it, it is troubled.
When Christ thus imparts himself to the soul, this soul speaks to Christ, as God once spake to Abraham, Now I know that thou lovest me, seeing thou hast not with-held from me, thy sonne, thine only sonne, whom thou lovest, said God to Abraham: So saith this soul to Christ, now I know that thou lovest me, seeing thou hast not with-held from me this grace that is so lovely in thy sight, but when it cannot find Christ thus present with it, it is troubled.