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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.
Therefore examine what lusting there is in you, that is what hating of sin, and then see with what courage and power you go about the subduing of it; It is said that John Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah: that is he came with that spirit, that is full of power; I say you will fight faintly against sin except you have the Spirit: when the Disciples had received the Spirit, in Acts 4. 1They spake with great boldness: That is, they had greater power to speak then before. Therefore the Lord exhorts all men in Isai. 30. 3. Trust not in them they are men and not 2Gods; As if the very name of men were weakness, That is they are men that have no power, it is God that hath power, and therefore trust not in them, but in every thing labour to see the power of God in it, and seek for all spiritual power to good by God, and examine your selves what power you have; when you pray, what power have you to go through to the end? when you hear, what power have you to edification? when you see evil, what power have you to avoid it? when you are offered the pleasures and profits of the world, what power have you to forsake them, if they may prove hurtful unto the inward man? if you have strong lusts in you what power have you to suppress, and lust against them? Therefore you shall know by this whether you have the sanctifying spirit or no, by the working of it.3
Therefore examine what lusting there is in you, that is what hating of sin, and then see with what courage and power you go about the subduing of it; It is said that Iohn Baptist came in the spirit of Elias: that is he came with that spirit, that is full of power; I say you will fight faintly against sin except you have the Spirit: when the Disciples had received the Spirit, in Acts 4. 1They spake with great boldness: That is, they had greater power to speak then before. Therefore the Lord exhorts all men in