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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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. This Principle is a Principle of Faith: God made Christ a King, & Faith owns him as such; God gave him all the power in heaven and earth, and Faith gives him all the power in the upper and lower Faculties of the Soul. This Principle rests upon him as a King, able to put all his enemies under his feet: Are there strong holds of Sin in us? this Principle rests on him as the power of God to cast them down: Are there Armies of temptations round about us? this Principle rests on him as the Captain of salvation to scatter them. As soon as this Principle is in the Soul, the Soul is no longer where it was, but translated into the kingdom of Christ, Col. 1. 13. Before it was in a region of Darkness, but now in a place of marvellous Light; its native soil was spiritual Sodom and Egypt, where Sin is a Law, but now it is in the Dominions of Christ, where the Law of the Spirit frees from the ⟨p. 394⟩Law of sin: and because, after the Law or Reign of Sin is broken, the remnants or relics of Corruption are still in us, therefore this Principle doth in a wonderful manner rest upon Christ for a more thorough purging out thereof.
1. This Principle is a Principle of Faith: God made Christ a King, & Faith owns him as such; God gave him all the power in heaven and earth, and Faith gives him all the power in the upper and lower Faculties of the Soul. This Principle rests upon him as a King, able to put all his enemies under his feet: Are there strong holds of Sin in us? this Principle rests on him as the power of God to cast them down: Are there Armies of temptations round about us? this Principle rests on him as the Captain of salvation to scatter them. As soon as this Principle is in the Soul, the Soul is no longer where it was, but translated into the kingdom of Christ, Col. 1. 13. Before it was in a region of Darkness, but now in a place of marvellous Light; its native soil was spiritual Sodom and Egypt, where Sin is a Law, but now it is in the Dominions of Christ, where the Law of the Spirit frees from the ⟨p. 394⟩Law of sin: and because, after the Law or Reign of Sin is broken, the remnants or reliques of Corruption are still in us, therefore this Principle doth in a wonderful manner rest upon Christ for a more thorough purging out thereof.