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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 9 › Section 6
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We see in our present subject touching the sufferings of Christ, that when the Lord was calling him up to that greatest and most honourable of services, that ever was performed unto the Lord in this world, viz, the Redemption of man, and the salvation of souls. Jesus Christ entered upon the service through many tribulations and temptations, it is an experimental saying of holy men, that prayer, meditation and Temptation make a good Christian, a good Minister, a good Magistrate, it fitteth a soul for any service that the Lord shall call him unto.
We see in our present subject touching the sufferings of Christ, that when the Lord was calling him up to that greatest and most honourable of services, that ever was performed unto the Lord in this world, viz, the Redemption of man, and the salvation of souls. Iesus Christ entered upon the service through many tribulations and temptations, it is an experimental saying of holy men, that prayer, meditation and Temptation make a good Christian, a good Minister, a good Magistrate, it fitteth a soul for any service that the Lord shall call him unto.
Temptations are humbling providences, they are rods of correction and Instruction, that wean us from all kind of self confidence, or self seeking; they rectify and purge us in our grounds and ends, in all our motions: and when a Christian is duly sanctified in his grounds and ends, he is a fitted instrument to glorify God in any service whatsoever. The less of man, the more of God.
Temptations are humbling providences, they are rods of correction and Instruction, that wean us from all kind of self confidence, or self seeking; they rectifie and purge us in our grounds and ends, in all our motions: and when a Christian is duly sanctified in his grounds and ends, he is a fitted instrument to glorify God in any service whatsoever. The less of man, the more of God.