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The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded
Phronemma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...Phronēma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...
London: printed by J.G. for Nathaniel Ponder, 1681
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.
And on the other side, all the Artifices of the World, all the Paint it puts on its Face, all the great Promises it makes, all the false Appearances, and Attires it clothes it self withal by the help of Satan, have no other end but, to draw, and keep the Affections of Men unto it self. And if the World be preferred before God, in this address which is made unto us, for our Affections, we shall justly perish with the World unto ⟨p. 179⟩Eternity; and be rejected by him whom we have rejected, Prov. 1.24, 25, 31.
And on the other side, all the Artifices of the World, all the Paint it puts on its Face, all the great Promises it makes, all the false Appearances, and Attires it cloaths it self withal by the help of Satan, have no other end but, to draw, and keep the Affections of Men unto it self. And if the World be preferred before God, in this address which is made unto us, for our Affections, we shall justly perish with the World unto ⟨p. 179⟩Eternity; and be rejected by him whom we have rejected, Prov. 1.24, 25, 31.
Our Affections are upon the Matter our all. They are all we have to give or bestow; the only Power of our Souls, whereby, if we may give away our selves from our selves, and become another's. Other Faculties of our Souls, even the most noble of them, are suited to receive in unto our own advantage; by our Affections we can give away what we are, and have. Hereby, we give our Hearts unto God, as he requireth. Wherefore unto him we give our Affections, unto whom we give our All, our selves, and all that we have; and to whom we give them not, what ever we give, upon the matter, we give nothing at all.
Our Affections are upon the Matter our all. They are all we have to give or bestow; the only Power of our Souls, whereby, if we may give away our selves from our selves, and become anothers. Other Faculties of our Souls, even the most noble of them, are suited to receive in unto our own advantage; by our Affections we can give away what we are, and have. Hereby, we give our Hearts unto God, as he requireth. Wherefore unto him we give our Affections, unto whom we give our All, our selves, and all that we have; and to whom we give them not, what ever we give, upon the matter, we give nothing at all.