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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.
Whatsoever saving or sanctifying grace, or strength of grace any man hath, It all proceeds from the sanctifying spirit: I 1say all saving grace, all strength of grace comes from the Spirit; Yet do not mistake me, as if I did exclude the Father and the Son, for they work together in every act; The Father works not without the Son, The Son works not without the Father: The Father & the Son work not without the Spirit, neither doth the Spirit work without the Father and the Son: for what one doth, all do: But I ascribe the work of sanctification unto the Spirit: because it is the proper work of the spirit, to sanctify, and he is the strengthener of all grace; That is all grace comes from the Father: as the first cause of all things, And then through Christ by the Spirit Grace is wrought in the soul; Therefore those 3. distinctions of the Trinity are good. ⟨p. 83⟩The Father is of himself alone: the Son is of the Father, and the holy Ghost is of the Father and the Son: That is the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is sent into the hearts of his children to work grace and holiness in them, and it must needs be so that the holy Ghost is the only worker and strengthener of Grace, because proceeding from such an holy Fountain, as the Father, and the Son are, the fruit must needs be holy, and the way to get sanctification and holiness is to get the holy Spirit.
Whatsover saving or sanctifying grace, or strength of grace any man hath, It all proceedes from the sanctifying spirit: I 1say all saving grace, all strength of grace comes from the Spirit; Yet do not mistake me, as if I did exclude the Father and the Son, for they work together in every act; The Father works not without the Son, The Son works not without the Father: The Father & the Son work not without the Spirit, neither doth the Spirit work without the Father and the Son: for what one doth, all doe: But I ascribe the work of sanctification unto the Spirit: because it is the proper work of the spirit, to sanctifie, and he is the strengthener of all grace; That is all grace comes from the Father: as the first cause of all things, And then through Christ by the Spirit Grace is wrought in the soul; Therefore those 3. distinctions of the Trinitie are good. ⟨p. 83⟩