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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.
Secondly, It is contrary unto the most excellent or invaluable Evangelical Promises recorded in the Old Testament ⟨p. 264⟩and the New; and which are amongst the principal Supportments of the Faith, Hope, and Comfort of Believers. God hath given them unto us, to encourage us unto an Expectation of such Supplies of Grace, as shall cause us to thrive and grow against all Opposition, unto the utmost of our Continuance in this World. And they are so multiplied as that there is no need to mention any of them in particular; God evidencing thereby how great is the Grace, and how precious which he so often promiseth, and of what Consideration it is of unto our selves, see Psal. 92.13, 14, 15. Isai. 40.28, 29, 30, 31. Wherefore the Folly of taking up with present measures of Grace, Holiness, and Spirituality, is attended with two unspeakable Evils.
Secondly, It is contrary unto the most excellent or invaluable Evangelical Promises recorded in the Old Testament ⟨p. 264⟩and the New; and which are amongst the principal Supportments of the Faith, Hope, and Comfort of Believers. God hath given them unto us, to encourage us unto an Expectation of such Supplies of Grace, as shall cause us to thrive and grow against all Opposition, unto the utmost of our Continuance in this World. And they are so multiplyed as that there is no need to mention any of them in particular; God evidencing thereby how great is the Grace, and how pretious which he so often promiseth, and of what Consideration it is of unto our selves, see Psal. 92.13, 14, 15. Isai. 40.28, 29, 30, 31. Wherefore the Folly of taking up with present measures of Grace, Holiness, and Spirituality, is attended with two unspeakable Evils.