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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.
Secondly, If thou hast obtained this absolving, quitting 1and triumphing Faith, then after this spirit of bondage thou hast found the spirit of Adoption spoken of in the same place, Rom. 8. 15. for before thou hast been bitten with thy sins, the Devil and thine own conscience, thou canst not receive any true comfort. But when thou once findest in thee nothing but matter of condemnation, & art driven quite out of thy self, then the spirit, with the Gospel, opens thy heart and enlargeth it to rejoice, and draw stronger consolation from the Gospel then the law could bring condemnation. So that if thou hast found the spirit of grace and comfort calming thy mind and purging thy conscience, and so sealing thy heart, and giving thee some assurance that thy sins are forgiven thee, then is thy estate good: assure thy self nothing in the world could do this but the spirit of God; Ask therefore thine own soul if thou hast in any small measure in truth found: thus then hath God begun this triumphing Faith, and set it up in thee.
Secondly, If thou hast obtained this absolving, quitting 1and triumphing Faith, then after this spirit of bondage thou hast found the spirit of Adoption spoken of in the same place, Rom. 8. 15. for before thou hast been bitten with thy sins, the Devil and thine own conscience, thou canst not receive any true comfort. But when thou once findest in thee nothing but matter of condemnation, & art driven quite out of thy self, then the spirit, with the Gospel, opens thy heart and inlargeth it to rejoyce, and draw stronger consolation from the Gospel then the law could bring condemnation. So that if thou hast found the spirit of grace and comfort calming thy minde and purging thy conscience, and so sealing thy heart, and giving thee som assurance that thy sins are forgiven thee, then is thy estate good: assure thy self nothing in the world could do this but the spirit of God; Ask therefore thine own soul if thou hast in any small measure in truth found: thus then hath God begun this triumphing Faith, and set it up in thee.
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