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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
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2. Another special blessing of the covenant of grace is, that God hath promised to sanctify and renew your natures: as in Ezek. 36. 26, 27. says God there, A new heart 1also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and will take away the stony hearts out of your bosoms, and will give you hearts of flesh, and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments and do them: God will not only give us life for our happiness, but grace for our holiness; he will not only give us imputed righteousness for our justification, but also inherent righteousness for our sanctification; now therefore examine your selves, have your natures ever been sanctified, and regenerated? have you been ever washed with clean water, and those stains of sin and corruption wiped away from you? hath the besom of sanctification ever swept your inward man, and made it not a cave for every unclean bird to lie in, but a habitation fit for the holy Ghost to dwell in? if it be so, you have a real right to, and interest in the covenant of grace, for no man can have the blessings of the covenant, but he must have a being in the covenant of grace. It is very observable, that God is not only, as the covenant represents him, a God gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and full of compassion, &c. but he is a holy God as ⟨p. 155⟩well as a merciful God; and therefore he will work holiness in us and expect holiness from us, if ever we expect to have mercy and happiness from him; never lay claim to God, nor expect life and happiness from him, as he is a merciful God, unless you resolve to be conformable to him as he is a holy God.
2. Another speciall blessing of the covenant of grace is, that God hath promised to sanctifie and renew your natures: as in Ezek. 36. 26, 27. saies God there, A new heart 1also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and will take away the stony hearts out of your bosomes, and will give you hearts of flesh, and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments and do them: God will not onely give us life for our happinesse, but grace for our holinesse; he will not only give us imputed righteousnesse for our justification, but also inherent righteousnesse for our sanctification; now therefore examine your selves, have your natures ever been sanctified, and regenerated? have you been ever washed with clean water, and those stains of sin and corruption wiped away from you? hath the beasom of sanctification ever swept your inward man, and made it not a cave for every unclean bird to lie in, but a habitation fit for the holy Ghost to dwell in? if it be so, you have a reall right to, and interest in the covenant of grace, for no man can have the blessings of the covenant, but he must have a beeing in the covenant of grace. It is very observable, that God is not only, as the covenant represents him, a God gracious and mercifull, slow to anger, and full of compassion, &c. but he is a holy God as