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Two sermons preached at Thurlow in Suffolk on those words, Rom. 6.13 "Yield your…
Two sermons preached at Thurlow in Suffolk on those words, Rom. 6.13 "Yield your selves to God" / by J.H. ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1688
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.
1. We are to consider our selves as God's creatures, being, as you have heard, to consider him as our Creator; and so we must reckon we owe our selves to him, and do but yield him what we owe, and what was his before. For, how can you but be his, who of his mere pleasure hath raised you out of nothing?
1. We are to consider our selves as God's creatures, being, as you have heard, to consider him as our Creator; and so we must reckon we owe our selves to him, and do but yield him what we owe, and what was his before. For, how can you but be his, who of his meer pleasure hath rais'd you out of nothing?
2. We must remember we have been apostate creatures, such as had fallen, and revolted from him; and so our yielding our selves to him, is a giving our selves back to him, having injuriously withdrawn and with-held our selves from him before. And because the injury was so great as we could never make any recompense for, therefore it was necessary such a Mediator should be appointed between God and us, for whose sake only we can expect to be accepted when we yield our selves. So great a Majesty was not to be approached by offending creatures without so great a Days-man, and Peace-maker.
2. We must remember we have been apostate creatures, such as had faln, and revolted from him; and so our yielding our selves to him, is a giving our selves back to him, having injuriously withdrawn and with-held our selves from him before. And because the injury was so great as we could never make any recompence for, therefore it was necessary such a Mediator should be appointed between God and us, for whose sake only we can expect to be accepted when we yield our selves. So great a Majesty was not to be approacht by offending creatures without so great a Days-man, and Peace-maker.
3. We must consider our selves as impure, and every way unfit for the Divine Presence, Service, and Converse, and who did therefore need the power of the Holy Ghost to be put forth upon us to make us fit; and that therefore our case required we should put our selves into such hands for that purpose.