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Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…
Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace and solid joy of a good conscience sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and exercised always to be void of offence toward God and toward men : brought down and holden forth in XXII very searching sermons on several texts of Scripture ... / by James Durham.
Edinburgh: printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1685
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HEAVEN upon EARTH in a Serene and Smiling good Conscience. › Sermons on n1 peter 3.21 › Sermon 3
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Lastly, we would come to show you what is meet to be done, in this case, Which, though there may be considerable difficulty to come by, yet a Believer should not be idle, when his Conscience keeps silence; Therefore I would give you these Three general Directions. 1. That Persons would endeavour to compose, and calm the frame of their own Spirits under that darkness, be from what cause it will; if it be from Gods Sovereignty exercising; This is suitable, that we study to comply, and strike in with these ends, and designs that God drives at, in exercising us so, such as, the humbling of us, the emptying of us of all self-conceit, the making of us to loath our selves, so as to say with Job, Behold I am vile, The clearer knowledge of our own feebleness and sinfulness, our making greater account of Light, and coming at a more near close and constant dependence on God; whatsoever that exercise proceed from, this is always a Christians duty; And we have it warranted to us from Jobs example, and from the Churches example, Lament. 3.
Lastly, we would come to shew you what is meet to be done, in this case, Which, though there may be considerable difficulty to come by, yet a Believer should not be idle, when his Conscience keeps silence; Therefore I would give you these Three general Directions. 1. That Persons would endeavour to compose, and calm the frame of their own Spirits under that darknesse, be from what cause it will; if it be from Gods Soveraignity exercising; This is suitable, that we study to comply, and strick in with these ends, and designs that God drives at, in exercising us so, such as, the humbling of us, the emptieing of us of all self-conceit, the making of us to loath our selves, so as to say with Iob, Behold I am vile, The clearer knowledge of our own feeblenesse and sinfulnesse, our making greater account of Light, and coming at a more near closse and constant dependance on God; whatsoever that exercise proceed from, this is alwayes a Christians duty; And we have it warranted to us from Iobs example, and from the Churches example, Lament. 3.