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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 seventh effect of the spirit is this. It will purge the soul, i. e. it will cast out all rubbish out of the 1soul: There fore the Lord saith that he will purge the sons ⟨p. 111⟩of Levi, as silver. That is that they may be fit for the service of the Priesthood: he will purge out of them by the spirit, that which other ways would make them unfit. And David in Psal 51. often prays, That the Lord would 2purge him, and then after he prays for the restoring of the spirit making the absence of the spirit the cause of his uncleanness.
The seventh effect of the spirit is this. It will purge the soul, i. e. it will cast out all rubbish out of the 1soul: There fore the Lord saith that he will purge the sons ⟨p. 111⟩of Levi, as silver. That is that they may be fit for the service of the Priesthood: he will purge out of them by the spirit, that which other wayes would make them unfit. And David in Psal 51. often prayes, That the Lord would 2purge him, and then after he prayes for the restoring of the spirit making the absence of the spirit the cause of his uncleanness.
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- 2Psalm 51.
The eighth effect of the spirit is, It kindles holy affections