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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
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Behold! this is the first office of the Spirit! Oh pray for it Christians; that in judging of your evidences, neither on one hand you may be deceived with shadows instead of substances, 1Bristol-stones instead of Diamonds (as hypocrites deceive themselves and perish for ever) nor on the other hand, still lye trembling under a causeless suspicion that all is but counterfeit when there is no just ground for it, and so (for the present) loose your comfort; be sure not to trust your own spirit in so infinite a concern, and if at first you cannot so readily make this practical Syllogism, wait and pray for the Spirit which is of God, That you may know the things that are freely given to you of God! Cry with David, Search me, O God, 2and know my heart, &c. Psal. 139.23, 24. It is good to be afraid to deceive our selves.
Behold! this is the first office of the Spirit! Oh pray for it Christians; that in judging of your evidences, neither on one hand you may be deceived with shadows instead of substances, 1Bristol-stones instead of Diamonds (as hypocrites deceive themselves and perish for ever) nor on the other hand, still lye trembling under a causeless suspition that all is but coun•erfeit when there is no just ground for it, and so (for the present) loose your comfort; be sure not to trust your own spirit in so infinite a concern, and if at first you cannot so readily make this practical Syllogisme, wait and pray for the Spirit which is of God, That you may know the things that are freely given to you of God! Cry with David, Search me, O God, 2and know my heart, &c. Psal. 139.23, 24. It is good to be afraid to deceive our selves.