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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.
Again, further I add, that it is wrought in us by the 1Holy Ghost, because no creature in heaven or earth is able to work grace in any mans heart: for to put grace into the heart, is to put life into the heart; now to put life into the heart, is the property of the Spirit, it is he that makes a man to live another life, that as it is only fire that can beget heat, so it is only the Holy Ghost that can beget life. It is true, other instruments are used; the Word is an instrument, and holy men are instruments, but yet it is the Holy Ghost that works it principally, and all instruments can do nothing without the influence of the Holy Ghost.
Again, further I add, that it is wrought in us by the 1Holy Ghost, because no creature in heaven or earth is able to work grace in any mans heart: for to put grace into the heart, is to put life into the heart; now to put life into the heart, is the property of the Spirit, it is he that makes a man to live another life, that as it is onely fire that can beget heat, so it is onely the Holy Ghost that can beget life. It is true, other instruments are used; the Word is an instrument, and holy men are instruments, but yet it is the Holy Ghost that works it principally, and all instruments can do nothing without the influence of the Holy Ghost.
- 14. Wrought by the holy ghost.
I add again, to make it yet more full, that it is wrought 1by the Holy Ghost, whereby we are enabled to please God; All those other common graces, and all the effects and fruits of them, though the things be good in themselves, and supernatural, because they come from the holy Spirit, yet they do not please God, that is, the Lord is not so well pleased, as to accept the man, that is the Subject and the Agent of them to eternal life. Only by faith a man is able to please God, and faith you know is the principle and root of all other graces, it is only grace that makes a man able to please him, because the Lord delights in that which is like to himself. This grace is the