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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.
When you do all these as to God, as fitting you for ⟨p. 134⟩his service; when you put God as the end unto all that you do, then is your spirit holy, you know that place, Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. That is, respect God in it, make not your selves the utmost end of it, for then your heart is unholy, for holiness is to keep the heart close to God, peculiar to him alone, eying God in all things. When he turneth from him, that is the unholiness of the spirit. This benefit we have by Christ dwelling in our hearts, our spirits are consecrated unto him, all that is in us is turned, and looks that way; and so much for this fifth Benefit.
When you do all these as to God, as fit•ing you for ⟨p. 134⟩his service; when you put God as the end unto all that you do, then is your spirit holy, you know that place, Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. That is, respect God in it, make not your selves the utmost end of it, for then your heart is unholy, for holiness is to keep the heart close to God, peculiar to him alone, eying God in all things. When he turneth from him, that is the unholiness of the spirit. This benefit we have by Christ dwelling in our hearts, our spirits are consecrated unto him, all that is in us is turned, and looks that way; and so much for this fifth Benefit.
The sixth and last benefit we have by Christ dwelling, is defence, he defendeth those in whom he dwelleth, he 1covereth them, he is a buckler and protector to them, he preserveth them from all evil, from all crosses, or the evil of crosses. This is a great benefit. For there is this difference between Christ and other Inhabitants, other Inhabitants are defended by the house wherein they dwell, but here the Inhabitant defendeth the house. And the reason is good, because, though he dwell in our hearts, yet he is our habitation, as it is in the Psalm, that is, we dwell in him, he covereth us, as a house covereth a man, and defendeth him from the violence of the weather. This you have excellently expressed in the 4. Isaiah, the two last verses, Upon all their glory shall be a