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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.
1 There is first a natural 2. There is a supernatural | Strength.
First I say there is a Natural strength, and this is when a man is naturally strong or able, either in the parts of his body, or in the gifts of his mind; as for example, a man that hath a strong memory this is a natural strength, or in other qualities of the mind, or else when a man is strong in the parts of his body, these are natural strengths, but this is not the strength that is here meant.
First I say there is a Natural strength, and this is when a man is naturally strong or able, either in the parts of his body, or in the guifts of his minde; as for example, a man that hath a strong memory this is a natural strength, or in other qualities of the minde, or else when a man is strong in the parts of his body, these are natural strengths, but this is not the strength that is here meant.
Secondly there is a Supernatural strength, and this is two fold.
The first is a Supernatural strength which is received from the evil spirit, which is when Satan shall join with the spirit of a man, and adds a Supernatural strength, and so makes him to do more or suffer more, then otherwise by Nature he were able to do. With this spirit are all the enemies of the Church strengthened. Paul himself, before he was committed, was strengthened by this spirit. Some men have more then a natural strength to undergo torments, and yet not to shrink at them, but this is not the strength here meant.