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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.
I answer, except thou find in thy self this Law of the 1mind resisting this Law in the members: except thou find another man in thee, a regenerate part created in thee, ⟨p. 370⟩that fighteth against this Law in the members, thou canst not be saved.
- 1Answ.
But you will say again, how shall I know it, seeing there may be a resistance arising from the natural conscience?1
- 1Object.
I answer, thou shalt know it by thy constant and ordinary 1course, whether thou walk after the spirit or no. For we are not to judge of our selves, or of any other by a step or two. If you will judge of a man by a step or two, you shall find Noah drunk; you shall find Moses speaking unadvisedly with his lips; You shall find David lying, and murdering, and making another drunk; you shall find Jehoshaphat making a league with Ahab which God had forbidden him; you shall find Hezekiah boasting of his treasure, and Peter forswearing of his master, and Paul, and Barnabas in such a passion, that they were fain to part asunder, This you shall see, if you shall observe a step or two only; and so you shall condemn the Generation of the righteous.