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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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Lastly, Art thou troubled with an hard and obdurate heart? with a filthy and unclean heart? with a worldly, and covetous heart? with a proud and barren heart? Go unto Christ by prayer, believing there is as a power, so a willingness in him to mollify thine hard and obdurate heart; to purify thy filthy and unclean heart; to spiritualize thy worldly and covetous heart: to humble thy proud heart; to make fruitful thy barren heart. And doubt nor but thou shalt find thine hard and obdurate heart in some measure softened, thy filthy and unclean heart in some measure purified, thy worldly and covetous heart in▪ some measure spiritualized, thy proud heart in some measure humbled, and thy barren heart in some measure made fruitful.
Lastly, Art thou troubled with an hard and obdurate heart? with a filthy and unclean heart? with a worldly, and covetous heart? with a proud and barren heart? Go unto Christ by prayer, believing there is as a power, so a willingness in him to mollifie thine hard and obdurate heart; to purifie thy filthy and unclean heart; to spiritualize thy worldly and covetous heart: to humble thy proud heart; to make fruitfull thy barren heart. And doubt nor but thou shalt find thine hard and obdurate heart in some measure softned, thy filthy and unclean heart in some measure purified, thy worldly and covetous heart in▪ some measure spiritualized, thy proud heart in some measure humbled, and thy barren heart in some measure made fruitfull.
And certainly one special reason why many go drooping and groaning so long under the bondage of corruption, under the weight and burden of their spiritual maladies, and diseases, is, because they do not go unto Christ by prayer for freedom from the same: or through the weakness of their faith, they do not believe Christ is, as able, so willing to help and deliver them. For what Christ said to the poor man who came unto him in behalf of his possessed child, the same he saith to thee,1 If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.