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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.
Lastly, I add, it enableth him to please God in all things; for it is the property of grace, that as it hath a 1general being spread through the whole soul, so it hath general effects, that is, it hath an influence into all a mans life, into all his actions, so that whatsoever he doth, there is some tincture of grace seen in it, some leaven (as I may say) of grace, some taste of grace. Such a grace as is bestowed upon a man as a common gift, it helps a man to do such a particular business; it makes him meek, it makes him temperate, it makes him to understand his profession, it makes him able to rule, &c. but yet this property it hath not, to have a general influence into all that a man doth, into all his actions; for that is only the property of saving grace, it enableth us to please God in all things. So we see briefly what grace is.
Lastly, I add, it enableth him to please God in all things; for it is the property of grace, that as it hath a 1general being spread through the whole soul, so it hath general effects, that is, it hath an influence into all a mans life, into all his actions, so that whatsoever he doth, there is some tincture of grace seen in it, some leaven (as I may say) of grace, some taste of grace. Such a grace as is bestowed upon a man as a common gift, it helps a man to do such a particular business; it makes him m•ek, it makes him temperate, it makes him to understand his profession, it makes him able to rule, &c. but yet this property it hath not, to have a general influence into all that a man doth, into all his actions; for that is only the property of saving grace, it enableth us to please God in all things. So we see briefly what grace is.
- 16. In all things.
Now I say, this grace strengtheneth us wheresoever it is, it makes a man strong in the inner man, it makes him