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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 Christ was upon the earth, they brought to him those that had old festered diseases, those that were born blind, and deaf, and dumb, and he healed them. The same Christ doth now to the souls of men in the world, and that by the virtue and power of grace here spoken of; Therefore consider with your selves what natural infirmities you have, what hereditary diseases you have; if you find that they are not healed in you, that those bloody issues run as fresh as ever they did, you have not this grace: for it is able to heal nature, and to cure it wheresoever it comes.
When Christ was upon the earth, they brought to him those that had old festred diseases, those that were born blind, and deaf, and dumb, and he healed them. The same Christ doth now to the souls of men in the world, and that by the vertue and power of grace here spoken of; Therefore consider with your selves what natural infirmities you have, what hereditary diseases you have; if you find that they are not healed in you, that those bloody issues run as fresh as ever they did, you have not this grace: for it is able to heal nature, and to cure it wheresoever it comes.
But you will say, Is there any man that hath these natural 1infirmities so wholly healed and cured?
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I answer, No, I say not that they are altogether healed, 1but they are cured by grace, that is, grace so far heals them, that it gets the Mastery over them, there is the power of grace seen, therefore it is called a Kingdom, The Kingdom of God is in power, that is, it is such a Kingdom that gets the Mastery wheresoever it is, it hath the dominion over the disease, and as we say, the power of any object it stands in this, that it subdues the faculty: so herein the power of grace is manifested, in that it overcomes those corruptions that are most hereditary.