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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.
Secondly, the more strength a man hath in the Inward 1man, the more health in the soul, for as it is in the body so it is in the soul, the more Natural strength the more health. So it is in the soul, the more strength in the Inward man the more healthful in grace.
Secondly, the more strength a man hath in the Inward 1màn, the more health in the soul, for as it is in the body so it is in the soul, the more Natural strength the more health. So it is in the soul, the more strength in the Inward man the more healthfull in grace.
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Thirdly, because it brings sufficient and plenty of all good unto the soul, and we say that if a man have a good 1outward estate he is like to hold out if a famine or other calamities should come; so it is with a christian if he be strong in the Inward man though a spiritual famine should come he is likely to hold out and to keep that which he hath, on the contrary when a man is poor in the Inward man, as it is with a body that is weak, every thing that it hath is ready to be taken away, as a bowl that hath a bias, the strength of the arm takes away the force of the bias: so strength in the Inward man makes us to bear afflictions strongly and joyfully, that is, it takes away the bias of shame and reproach which otherwise would draw us to be offended at the cross.
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