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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.
We see in Psal. 51. saith David there, Lord deliver me 1from blood guiltiness; this sin that I have committed, and my tongue shall sing joyfully of thy righteousness: open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. The meaning is this, David found that that was the sin wherewith his soul was hindered, that it made him unfit, so that though there were a fountain of grace in his heart, yet it was not able to flow forth, but was stopped up (as it were;) therefore he prays to God to open his mouth. How should it be opened? by removing that sin, by taken away that indisposition which that sin had brought on his mind.
We see in Psal. 51. saith David there, Lord deliver me 1from blood guiltiness; this sin that I have committed, and my tongue shall sing joyfully of thy righteousness: open my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. The meaning is this, David found that that was the sin wherewith his soul was hindred, that it made him unfit, so that though there were a fountain of grace in his heart, yet it was not able to flow forth, but was stopped up (as it were;) therefore he prayes to God to open his mouth. How should it be opened? by removing that sin, by taken away that indisposition which that sin had brought on his mind.
- 1Psal. 51.
As we see a fountain may be stopped up with mud, or dirt, or stones, or any thing, remove these, and the fountain is open, and when it is open, it is ready to flow out. So then there must be a removing the impediments: let every man see what it is that hinders him, when there is a fountain of grace, when it flows not out readily. If a man be not ready to good works, there is some impediment that must be removed.