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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.
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.
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 threatnings joyned to the breach of it, and rewards for the obedience thereof. So hath this law of sinne 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 sinne 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.
Secondly, It is said to be a Law in our members; and 1that first, because it inclines us to evil, not morally evil; as when a man persuades a man by strength of reason to a thing. But physically, and naturally; that look what a natural inclination there is in the stomach to eat and to drink, such a natural propenseness and inclination there is in the heart of a natural man to sin. As you see a wheel when a weight is hung upon it, it goes, and it cannot choose but go. So is it with the nature of a man, it inclines him unto evil naturally, and he cannot resist it.
Secondly, It is said to be a Law in our members; and