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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
THE LAW OF SIN and GRACE COMBATING.THE LAVV OF SIN and GRACE COMBATING.
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.
Fourthly, it is a Law that sometimes prevails, and leadr us captive. We will go through them all very briefly.
First, It is said to be a Law; because as a Law it commands 1with authority; so doth this incline us to ill, it commands strongly, so that it will not be refused. And ⟨p. 353⟩again, as it commands, so it forbids as powerfully, and will not be denied. It commands that which is evil to be done by us, and carries us strongly to it; and it forbids us the doing of that which is good as powerfully. The Apostle speaks of some, 2 Pet. Having eyes full of adultery that cannot cease•to sin.
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Again, it is called a Law because it punisheth and rewardeth as a Law doth; for a Law is nothing else but that rule that hath threatenings joined to the breach of it, and rewards for the obedience thereof. So hath this law of sin that is in us, if we do obey, it rewards us with pleasure, The pleasures of sin for a season: if we disobey, it punisheth us again with grief. As we shall see Ahab when he had a little resisted this Law, how this Law of sin punished him, it laid him sick upon his bed. And so Amnon when a stop was put in the course of this Law that was in his members, it made him sick. In this respect it is said to be a Law, because it commands powerfully, and because it punisheth and rewards as a Law.