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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. Labour to prove your interest in God: examine and try whether or no, upon conscientious grounds and Scripture evidences, your hearts can be satisfied, that you are a people in Covenant with God: rest not, and trust not upon It may bees, but labour to prove it to your own souls, that God is your God; & that I may 1a little help and further you in this examination, I shall here lay you down three discoveries whereby you may know, & prove ⟨p. 275⟩unquestionably that God is your God.
- 1Three discoveries of our interest in God.
1. If thou art such a one that doest labour to keep thy inward man from secret defilement by sin, as well as thy outward man, from grosser and greater enormities, as in 2 Cor. 6. 18. and in the first verse of 1the next chapter; I will be your God and Father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord God Almighty: Having therefore these promises dearly beloved (says the Apostle) let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness, both of flesh and spirit: and therefore if you have a care to abstain from all secret sins, whereby the inward man is defiled, it is a sign that you have a real interest in God; because God will be our God, and will own and accept of us to be his people; we must not only wash our legs and our outward man, but our inward parts too, and if we do thus, we may be confidently assured that we are a sacrifice well pleasing, and acceptable unto God through Jesus Christ: but now you that make conscience of your ways, so far only, as that men may not say black to your eye, if you do not labour to keep your inward man from defilements as well as your outward man, you have no interest in God at all.