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The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a…
The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a disquieted soul from that text of 2 Sam. 23. Ver. 5. : also a doctrinal conclusion that there is in all such who are effectually called, in-dwelling spiritual gifts [sic] and graces wrought and created in them by the Holy Ghost / by that reverend and faithful minister of Gods word, Mr. John Cotton, Teacher of the Church at Boston in New-England ; whereunto is added, A profession of faith, made by the reverend divine, Mr. John Davenport, in New-England, at his admission into one of the Churches there.The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a disquieted soul from that text of 2 Sam. 23. Ver. 5. : also a doctrinall conclusion that there is in all such who are effectually called, in-dwelling spirituall gifs [sic] and graces wrought and created in them by the Holy Ghost / by that reverend and faithful minister of Gods word, Mr. John Cotton, Teacher of the Church at Boston in New-England ; whereunto is added, A profession of faith, made by the reverend divine, Mr. John Davenport, in New-England, at his admission into one of the Churches there.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1645London: printed for Iohn Hancock, 1645
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Use 3 And yet, in the third place, not so to be quieted with the disorders in our families, as to drive us to neglect, but labour to purge them more and more, and not to suffer them to come in; if sin once get an head, we may receive many sweet showers and Sunshines, and yet be little the better for all. If David speaks it with grief, it is then for David, and every good man, to use all means they can, to reform their families, to call on them to fear God, and to walk religiously one towards another, and not to suffer these good showers and pleasant Sunshines, these profitable means to be bestowed in vain upon them: you have a sweet promise, Isaiah 55.10, 11. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; so shall my Word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it: We are daily to entreat a blessing upon the means, that it may be effectual to the end for which it is sent.
Ʋse 3 And yet, in the third place, not so to be quieted with the disorders in our families, as to drive us to neglect, but labour to purge them more and more, and not to suffer them to come in; if sin once get an head, wee may receive many sweet showers and Sunshines, and yet be little the better for all. If David speaks it with griefe, it is then for David, and every good man, to use all means they can, to reform their families, to call on them to feare God, and to walk religiously one towards another, and not to suffer these good showers and pleasant Sunshines, these profitable means to be bestowed in vain upon them: you have a sweet promise, Isaiah 55.10, 11. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; so shall my Word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto mee voyd, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it: We are daily to intreat a blessing upon the means, that it may be effectuall to the end for which it is sent.