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A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the…
A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadful condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and persuading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to householders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshua's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadfull condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and perswading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to housholders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshuah's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.
London: printed for George Sawbridge, 1668
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Part › Chapter 2: The Exposition and Observations arising out of verse 3.
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Yea Christ is naturally very merciful and tender: as he hath beams of Majesty, so likewise bowels of mercy, pity and compassion. His tenderness over weak Christians is set forth in Scripture, by a Mothers compassion over her sucking child, 1the Son of her Womb: and by a fathers pitying his children. 2So that I may upon good ground conclude; that Christ will not cast away or reject such as are weak in faith, because (but) children; but most willingly and readily embrace them, because Children.
Yea Christ is naturally very merciful and tender: as he hath beams of Majesty, so likewise bowels of mercy, pitty and compassion. His tenderness over weak Christians is set forth in Scripture, by a Mothers compassion over her sucking child, 1the Son of her Womb: and by a fathers pittying his children. 2So that I may upon good ground conclude; that Christ will not cast away or reject such as are weak in faith, because (but) children; but most willingly and readily embrace them, because Children.
What encouragement should this be unto all poor believers, how weak soever their faith is, to go unto Christ, as for the strengthening their weak faith, so for the subduing their strong lusts, and for the reviving ⟨p. 9⟩