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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.
The promise is good and comfortable, but it cannot convey any comfort to thy soul, unless thou art in Jesus Christ, no more then a dry pipe can convey water to thee without the fountain: we are first made Christs, and then we have a right to all the promises of Christ: it is by our interest in Christ, that we have a right and title to all the promises of God in Christ. If you have an interest in Christ, you have all the promises as it were bound up in a bundle, which you may have recourse to, and make use of when you will.
The promise is good and comfortable, but it cannot convey any comfort to thy soul, unlesse thou art in Jesus Christ, no more then a dry pipe can convey water to thee without the fountain: we are first made Christs, and then we have a right to all the promises of Christ: it is by our interest in Christ, that we have a right and title to all the promises of God in Christ. If you have an interest in Christ, you have all the promises as it were bound up in a bundle, which you may have recourse to, and make use of when you will.
2. They object and say, that the promises do run in free and general terms having no conditions annexed to them.
2. They object and say, that the promises doe run in free and generall termes having no conditions annext to them.
Answ. It is true, there are some promises that are absolute, so as to have no condition, going before them, but every promise in the Gospel hath some condition or ⟨p. 213⟩other annexed to it, if it hath not a condition going before it as meritorious; yet it hath a condition that follows after it, in