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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.
Secondly, It is said to be a Law of the members because it discovers it self in the members; that is, in the faculties of the soul, and the members of the body, whensoever they come to be used in the performance of any holy duty. For at you se• it is in the body, if there be a lameness 1or soreness in any member, perhaps for the present you see it not, […] feel it not till you come to use that member. So it is with the Law of sin, in our members when we fit ⟨p. 354⟩at quiet and go not about any duty of holy obedience, this Law lies still in the soul, and is quiet: but when the faculties are to be acted, when the member is called forth to do a thing; when a work is to be performed that is good, then the Law of the members discovers it self. Then you shall find the lameness, the crookedness the sourness, the backwardness that is in your hearts to do any thing that is good.
Secondly, It is said to be a Law of the members because it discovers it self in the members; that is, in the faculties of the soul, and the members of the body, whensoever they come to be used in the performance of any holy duty. For at you se• it is in the body, if there be a lameness 1or soreness in any member, pernaps for the present you see it not, 〈…〉 feel it not till you come to use that member. So it is with the Law of sin, in our members when we fit ⟨p. 354⟩at quiet and go not about any duty of holy obedience, this Law lies still in the soul, and is quiet: but when the faculties are to be acted, when the member is called forth to do a thing; when a work is to be performed that is good, then the Law of the members discovers it self. Then you shall find the lameness, the crookedness the soureness, the backwardness that is in your hearts to do any thing that is good.
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