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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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Therefore these two are joined together, Zech. 12. 10. I will pour (sayeth the Lord) upon the house of David, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications, and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and mourn; Hence it is found in experience, that the more insight a man hath in his bygone way, the more liberty he hath in prayer; and that deadness and dryness in prayer flow much from the want of self-reflection. 4ly: Because this is the way for a man to win at peace; and no man can be tender, and have solid peace that cares not what his Conscience speaks to him, whether good or evil, peace or war; and he can never know what it sayeth except he reflect and try: And it is from this, that even Paul himself cannot have peace, nor rejoice, till he try his peace and joy to be the effects of Conscience it's Testimony, and Conscience Testimony to be the consequent of self-examination.
Therefore these two are joyned together, Zech. 12. 10. I will pour (sayeth the Lord) upon the house of David, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications, and they shall look upon him whom they have peirced, and mourn; Hence it is found in experience, that the more insight a man hath in his bygone way, the more liberty he hath in prayer; and that deadnesse and drynesse in prayer flow much from the want of self-reflection. 4ly: Because this is the way for a man to win at peace; and no man can be tender, and have solid peace that cares not what his Conscience speaks to him, whether good or evil, peace or war; and he can never know what it sayeth except he reflect and try: And it is from this, that even Paul himself cannot have peace, nor rejoyce, till he try his peace and joy to be the effects of Conscience it's Testimony, and Conscience Testimony to be the consequent of self-examination.
The Uses of the Doctrine are Four, the first whereof, is for instruction, The 2d. For trial, The 3. For exhortation. The 4. For reproof, and expostulation.