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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
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.
The next words are, And he gave him a sign.
You know there is a double ground of asking a sign; 1One is when a man asks a sign, to tempt the Lord. As the Jews asked a sign, not out of a desire to profit by it, but because they would see what the Lord would do: and this Christ denied them, this is a sinful asking of a sign. There is another asking of a sign, when it is to confirm our faith, when the intention is good, and the heart is upright. Thus Hezekiah asked a sign, and the Lord gave him a sign; hence observe, that
You know there is a double ground of asking a sign; 1One is when a man asks a sign, to tempt the Lord. As the Iewes asked a sign, not out of a desire to profit by it, but because they would see what the Lord would do: and this Christ denyed them, this is a sinful asking of a sign. There is another asking of a sign, when it is to confirm our faith, when the intention is good, and the heart is upright. Thus Hezekiah asked a sign, and the Lord gave him a sign; hence observe, that
- 1A sign asked on a double ground.
The Lord tenders a weak faith.