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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.
That The Spirit is a free gift:
I say that the sanctifying Spirit is a free gift, I gather it thus. The Apostle here prays That God would give them the Spirit. Not that they had deserved it: and so should have it by merit: as the Papists teach: but he must give it them freely without desert of their own: I need not stand in the proving of it long, That the Spirit is a free gift: only I will show you briefly, how the Spirit is a free gift, and this shall be in these five particular things.
I say that the sanctifying Spirit is a free gift, I gather it thus. The Apostle here prayes That God would give them the Spirit. Not that they had deserved it: and so should have it by merit: as the Papists teach: but he must give it them freely without defert of their own: I need not stand in the proving of it long, That the Spirit is a free gift: onely I will shew you briefly, how the Spirit is a free gift, and this shall be in these five particular things.
First, the Spirit is a free gift, and it must be free, because 1the Spirit is a gift: and what more freer (as we use to say) then a gift is: Now it is a free gift, because it is not merited by us at Gods hands, it is not extorted and drawn from God by force, nor merited by desert, because all the good that is in us, is wrought by God: it is God that puts the very first stamp of holiness upon us.
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