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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. For God to be our God, it notes that God is yours in a special way of propriety, which none but those that are the children of God can have, wicked men cannot lay claim to God as their God; as Pharaoh, when he desired Moses to pray for him, says he I have sinned against the Lord your God, he could not say against the Lord my God, you that can upon Scripture grounds, lay claim to God as your God, as having a special propriety in him, you have an interest in the covenant of grace.
1. For God to be our God, it notes that God is yours in a speciall way of propriety, which none but those that are the children of God can have, wicked men cannot lay claim to God as their God; as Pharaoh, when he desired Moses to pray for him, sayes he I have sinned against the Lord your God, he could not say against the Lord my God, you that can upon Scripture grounds, lay claim to God as your God, as having a speciall propriety in him, you have an interest in the covenant of grace.
2. For God to be your God, it notes an all-sufficiency in God, put out for your good, as in Gen. 17. 1. says God there to Abraham, ⟨p. 153⟩I am thy God all-sufficient walk before me, and be thou perfect; you that can look upon God as having an interest and propriety in God; and you find by experience, that God is exceeding good to your souls in every thing, if you see the emptiness of all things in the world, and that they are but particular helps to thee, as food against hunger, drink against thirst, clothes against nakedness, &c. but you find God to be an all-sufficient help and remedy, the chiefest good, sufficing, and satisfying, and filling thy heart, thou that canst look upon God, as thy all-sufficient good, as having thy portion and interest in him and in none else; this is an undoubted evidence, that you do belong to the Covenant of Grace.
2. For God to be your God, it notes an all-sufficiency in God, put out for your good, as in