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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 sixth sign whereby you shall know, whether you 1have the spirit or no, is this; you shall know it by the manner of working. That is, if it change you, and lie combating in you: as in Galat. 5. The flesh lusteth against 2the spirit and the spirit against the flesh; That is if you have the Spirit, you will have continual fighting, and striving in the soul, and this will not be only against some or more particular lusts, but against all that it knows to be a sin. I say not only that there is a striving or a suppressing, but it is by way of lusting: Because a natural man that hath not the sanctifying spirit, may keep down a lust for ••me by-respects, but it is not from a […], That is, it is not because his heart hates it, o• •sses it by another power then a nature […], […] […] love of sin still▪ But the opposing ⟨p. 103⟩and resisting of sin in the godly, is by way of lusting, because they hate the sin, and they fight against it with courage.
The sixt sign whereby you shall know, whether you 1have the spirit or no, is this; you shall know it by the manner of working. That is, if it change you, and lie combating in you: as in Galat. 5. The flesh lusteth against 2the spirit and the spirit against the flesh; That is if you have the Spirit, you will have continual fighting, and striving in the soul, and this will not be onely against some or more particular lusts, but against all that it knowes to be a sin. I say not onely that there is a striving or a suppressing, but it is by way of lusting: Because a natural man that hath not the sanctifying spirit, may keep down a lust for me by-respects, but it is not from a , That is, it is not because his heart hates it, o sses it by another power then a natu , love of sin still But the opposing