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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.
Fourthly the Spirit is free: which appears by the paucity and fewness that he chooses: he is at liberty, he might 1have saved more: but this shows his freedom, he is not tied to one more then to another. The wind bloweth, where it listeth. That is, he calls when, and whom he will! Let them come in that my house may be full. That is, none shall come, no more, no less then I have chosen.
Fourthly the Spirit is free: which appears by the paucitie and fewness that he chuses: he is at libertie, he might 1have saved more: but this shewes his freedom, he is not tied to one more then to another. The winde bloweth, where it listeth. That is, he cals when, and whom he will! Let them come in that my house may be full. That is, none shall come, no more, no lesse then I have chosen.
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Fifthly that the Spirit is a free gift appears by the prosecution of his decree, both of Election and reprobation: 1nothing more free then the Spirit is; he might, as I said, have chosen Esau and not Jacob: for there cannot a reason be given, wherefore he should choose the one and not the other; he will choose the wife and not the husband, and he will choose the husband and not the wise; he will choose the child, and not the father, and he will choose the father, and not the child. Again he will choose this man, and that woman, and not another man or the other woman: and what is the reason of it? surely there can be no reason given of it▪ because the Spirit is free to choose, and choose not; Thus briefly I have showed you that the Spirit is a free gift.
Fifthly that the Spirit is a free gift appears by the prosecution of his decree, both of Election and reprobation: