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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
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. That all the outward blessings that you enjoy, comes to you in a covenant way, God hath given you these blessings as an appendix to the covenant, and by virtue of an entail to his covenant; the Lord never gives you a common blessing, but you see the love of a Father, and of a husband, and of a friend, and the love of God in that blessing; and therefore as I told you before in that very chapter, where God promiseth the blessings of the covenant of grace, he promiseth the blessings of this life too, as an entail to the covenant; wicked men may have blessings but not by virtue of a promise, not by virtue of the covenant of grace. But now if you ask ⟨p. 144⟩me how you may know, whether the blessings you enjoy come unto you by virtue of the Covenant of Grace: I answer, you may know it by these two things:
1. That all the outward blessings that you enjoy, comes to you in a covenant way, God hath given you these blessings as an appendix to the covenant, and by vertue of an entail to his covenant; the Lord never gives you a common blessing, but you see the love of a Father, and of a husband, and of a friend, and the love of God in that blessing; and therefore as I told you before in that very chapter, where God promiseth the blessings of the covenant of grace, he promiseth the blessings of this life too, as an intail to the covenant; wicked men may have blessings but not by vertue of a promise, not by vertue of the covenant of grace. But now if you ask ⟨p. 144⟩mee how you may know, whether the blessings you enjoy come unto you by vertue of the Covenant of Grace: I answer, you may know it by these two things:
1. In case you do use and employ all the blessing you receive from God, to the honour of God: thus Abraham did, as you may see in Gen. 17. 1, 2, 8, 12