Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

Now as it is good in the bodily ••ckness to know the means of recovery, so in the ⟨p. 69⟩sickness and weakness of the Inward man it is good to know the means by which it may be strengthened: Therefore we will come to the particular means for the strengthening of the Inward man.¹

Now as it is good in the bodily ••ckness to know the means of recovery, so in the ⟨p. 69⟩sickness and weakness of the Inward man it is good to know the means by which it may be strengthned: Therefore we will come to the particular means for the strengthning of the Inward man.¹

1. 11. Means.

The first means to strengthen the Inward man, is to abound in spiritual knowledge, because the more knowledge the more strength; for the spirit of Divine truth is the strength of the soul▪ for as the soul is unto the body, so is the word unto the Inward man: the body is dead without the soul, not able to do any thing, so the Inward man without the spiritual strength, which is wrought in the soul by the saving knowledge of the word is nothing ¹but weakness. Therefore the Apostle saith 1 Pet. 2. 2. As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow by it, That is knowledge in the word will make you grow strong in Christ; The contrary to this we see the