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A Saint Indeed
A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel.
London: printed by W.R., 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But by Regeneration, this disordered Soul is set right again; Sanctification being the rectifying, and due framing, or as the Scripture phrases it, the renovation of the Soul after the Image of God, Eph. 4. 24. in which, self dependence is removed by Faith; self-love, by the love of God; self will, by subjection and obedience to the Will of God; and self-seeking, by self-denial. The darkened understanding is again illuminated, Eph. 1. 18. the refractory will sweetly subdued, Psal. 110. 3. the rebellious appetite, or concupiscence, gradually conquered, Rom. 6. 7. per tot. And thus the Soul which sin had universally depraved, is again by grace restored and rectified.
But by Regeneration, this disordered Soul is set right again; Sanctification being the rectifying, and due framing, or as the Scripture phrases it, the renovation of the Soul after the Image of God, Eph. 4. 24. in which, self dependance is removed by Faith; self-love, by the love of God; self will, by subjection and obedience to the Will of God; and self-seeking, by selfdenyal. The darkned understanding is again illuminated, Eph. 1. 18. the refractory will sweetly subdued, Psal. 110. 3. the rebellious appetite, or concupiscence, gradually conquered, Rom. 6. 7. per tot. And thus the Soul which sin had universally depraved, is again by grace restored and rectified.
This being presupposed, it will not be difficult to apprehend, what it is to keep