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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 punisheth and rewardeth as the other; if we do well, and resist the other, it refresheth us with joy unspeakable and glorious; if we do not obey it, it breedeth remorse within us. As we see in David, when he had sinned in cutting off the lap of Sauls garment, his heart smote him. Now it is said to be the Law of the 1mind, because it wondrously enlargeth the mind, to see the wondrous things contained in the Law of God, it enlighteneth the mind, We are renewed in the spirit of our mind, to see those things that others see not, to see the secrets of God. You may read over the Bible an hundred times, and yet know nothing, except you have it in the spirit of your minds.
Again, it punisheth and rewardeth as the other; if we do well, and resist the other, it refresheth us with joy unspeakable and glorious; if we do not obey it, it breedeth remorse within us. As we see in David, when he had sinned in cutting off the lap of Sauls garment, his heart smote him. Now it is said to be the Law of the 1mind, because it wonderously enlargeth the mind, to see the wondrous things contained in the Law of God, it enlighteneth the mind, We are renewed in the spirit of our mind, to see those things that others see not, to see the secrets of God. You may read over the Bible an hundred times, and yet know nothing, except you have it in the spirit of your minds.
- 12. Why called the Law of the mind.
Again, it not only reveals these truths to you that are regenerate, but likewise it puts a strong inclination into your minds to do them. And therefore it is a part of the Covenant, Jer. 32. 40. I will put my Law into their 1