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Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applied unto unconverted sinners, and saints…Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applyed unto unconverted sinners, and saints…
Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applied unto unconverted sinners, and saints under spiritual decays : in two chapters, from John XVII, xxiv / by the late Reverend John Owen ...Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applyed unto unconverted sinners, and saints under spiritual decayes : in two chapters, from John XVII, xxiv / by the late Reverend John Owen ...
London: printed by J.A. for William Marshall, 1691
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1. THE loss of a Spiritual Appetite unto the Food of our Souls, is an Evidence of a Decay in all these Graces. Spiritual Appetite consists in Earnest Desires, and a Savoury Relish: So it is described by the Apostle, 1 Pet. 2. 2, 3. As newborn Babes desire the sincere Milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby; if so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. There is required unto this Spiritual Appetite an earnest desire of the Word, grounded on an Experience of the Grace of God in it unto this end, that we may grow and thrive Spiritually thereby. And this Appetite will give us as just a measure of the State of Grace in us, as a Natural Appetite unto wholesome Food, with due digestion thereon, doth give of a good state of Health in the Body.
1. THE loss of a Spiritual Appetite unto the Food of our Souls, is an Evidence of a Decay in all these Graces. Spiritual Appetite consists in Earnest Desires, and a Savoury Relish: So it is described by the Apostle, 1 Pet. 2. 2, 3. As newborn Babes desire the sincere Milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby; if so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. There is required unto this Spiritual Appetite an earnest desire of the Word, grounded on an Experience of the Grace of God in it unto this end, that we may grow and thrive Spiritually thereby. And this Appetite will give us as just a measure of the State of Grace in us, as a Natural Appetite unto wholsome Food, with due digestion thereon, doth give of a good state of Health in the Body.
THIS therefore we are to enquire into: Doth it abide in us as formerly? We hear the Word preached as much as ever; but do we do it with the same desire and Spiritual Relish as before? Some hear to satisfy their Convictions, some to please their Fancies, and some to judge of the Persons by whom it is dispensed. It is but in few that the necessary preparation for the due receiving of it are found.
THIS therefore we are to enquire into: Doth it abide in us as formerly? We hear the Word preached as much as ever; but do we do it with the same desire and Spiritual Relish as before? Some hear to satisfie their Convictions, some to please their Fancies, and some to judge of the Persons by whom it is dispensed. It is but in few that the necessary preparation for the due receiving of it are found.