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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, as the power of grace is seen in enabling thee 1to do; so further it is seen in this that when thou hast begun to do, it keeps thee from fainting in well-doing. Another man will have some fits in well-doing, but he is uneven, he is unlike himself. Now herein the power of grace is seen that though a man be sometimes transported through the violence of corruption, and passion, and the like, yet grace brings him back again: that is, he is not quite carried away with temptations, as the chaff with the wind, but he is held with a strong anchor, that though he float up and down, and be off and on in degrees, yet he is not carried clean away; Therefore you shall see, 2 Pet. 3. ult. take heed saith he, that you be not drawn away from your steadfastness, but grow in grace, &c. 2As if he should say, this is the power of grace, that it will keep a man, that though he do sin, and forget God, and have some such falls as David had, yet herein is the power of it, that it never lets a man go quite, but still it brings him back again.
Again, as the power of grace is seen in enabling thee 1to do; so further it is seen in this that when thou hast begun to do, it keeps thee from fainting in well-doing. Another man will have some fits in well-doing, but he is uneven, he is unlike himself. Now herein the power of grace is seen that though a man be sometimes transported through the violence of corruption, and passion, and the like, yet grace brings him back again: that is, he is not quite carried away with temptations, as the chaff with the wind, but he is held with a strong anchor, that though he float up and down, and be off and on in degrees, yet he is not carried clean away; Therefore you shall see, 2 Pet. 3. ult. take heed saith he, that you be not drawn away from your stedfastness, but grow in grace, &c. 2As if he should say, this is the power of grace, that it will keep a man, that though he do sin, and forget God, and have some such falls as David had, yet herein is the power of it, that it never lets a man go quite, but still it brings him back again.