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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 third benefit that a Christian hath by the Spirit is 1this: it breeds heavenly and spiritual effects in the soul, as joy and comfort, and the like: and therefore in Joh. 14. he is called the Comforter.
The third benefit that a Christian hath by the Spirit is 1this: it breeds heavenly and spiritual effects in the soul, as joy and comfort, and the like: and therefore in Ioh. 14. he is called the Comforter.
- 13. Benefit. John 14.
First I say, the spirit will bring joy into the soul, and 1therefore in Saint John, saith Christ, he will lead you (speaking of the spirit) unto all truth. And saith the Apostle, The God of peace fill you with all Peace, and joy in believing. Now I make a difference between joy and comfort thus; joy is unto the soul as a wall is unto a City, that is, as the wall doth compass the City, and so is a defence unto it, and keeps out many enemies that other ways would destroy it: so doth joy, it walls and fences the soul: so as it keeps many dangers out that would ⟨p. 110⟩ruin it. The second effect is comfort, and this I call a bulwark, because a bulwark is of greater strength to beat off, and keep out any that shall besiege it, and make the Citizens more secure. So comfort is a Bulwark of the soul. That is; it strengthens the soul against the greatest temptations and trials, it maketh the soul secure resting upon Christ.