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The zealous Christian taking heavenThe zealovs Christian taking heaven
The zealous Christian taking heaven by holy violence in several sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...The zealovs Christian taking heaven by holy violence in severall sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...
London: printed by R. and W. Leybourn for John Rothwell, 1653
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. They are seals to you that you have the Spirit of God; for Christ hears no prayers, and no spirit, but his own. God is as well pleased with the barking of a dog, as with the prayers of a Christless man.
2. It is a seal to thee of an interest in Christs intercession. If thy prayers are returned, it is a sign they are accepted. Now no prayers are accepted, but by virtue of the intercession of Jesus Christ.
2. It is a seal to thee of an interest in Christs intercession. If thy prayers are returned, it is a signe they are accepted. Now no prayers are accepted, but by vertue of the intercession of Jesus Christ.
3. These returns are a seal of more mercies; a sign that thou shalt have more mercies from God. One mercy that is ⟨p. 110⟩given in by prayer, is a pledge of another mercy; and thy mercy in this life, is a pledge to thee, that thou shalt have eternal happiness in heaven to all eternity.
3. These returns are a seal of more mercies; a signe that thou shalt have more mercies from God. One mercie that is ⟨p. 110⟩given in by prayer, is a pledg of another mercie; and thy mercie in this life, is a pledg to thee, that thou shalt have eternal happiness in heaven to all eternity.