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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.
Sixthly, It a man have this, then is he the most forward unto, and fruitfulness and abounding in good 1works above all others in the world; for this faith, it transplants and sets us (being by nature wild olives) into Christ the true Vine, who is no barren root, but fruitful, 2 Cor. 9. this we may see in the believing Corinthians charity, he speaks of there, and in the woman that cast all that she had into the Treasury, and in Zacheus, that gave half his goods to the poor; faith opened his heart, that before was niggardly; and so John 12. how did Mary pour out the ointment, and that good woman, Act. 9. 36. so full of chastity; so also Acts 2. 4. they were now content all should be for Christ. Now these examples with many more, are all set down for our learning and imitation, if we will find indeed such a faith as will save our souls another day.
Sixthly, It a man have this, then is he the most forward unto, and fruitfulness and abounding in good 1works above all others in the world; for this faith, it transplants and sets us (being by nature wilde olives) into Christ the true Vine, who is no barren root, but fruitful, 2 Cor. 9. this we may see in the believing Corinthians charity, he speaks of there, and in the woman that cast all that she had into the Treasury, and in Zacheus, that gave half his goods to the poor; faith opened his heart, that before was nigardly; and so Iohn 12. how did Mary pour out the ointment, and that good woman, Act. 9. 36. so full of chastity; so also Acts 2. 4. they were now content all should be for Christ. Now these examples with many more, are all set down for our learning and imitation, if we will find indeed such a faith as will save our souls another day.