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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, this is not all; for a man may be ploughed, he may have quick and sharp terrors of conscience, and yet have no feed sown; there may be harrowing you know where there is no sowing. It was the case of Judas and Ahithophel, and so it is the case of divers others, and therefore we must go further; there must be seed thown into the heart by the hand of God, by the sanctifying spirit; that is, after a man• heart hath been thus hurried, he must come home to God by Christ, and have his ⟨p. 252⟩heart calmed by the assurance of Gods love. When he is thus united to Christ by faith, after he hath been humbled, then the Lord soweth seed; what seed? The immortal seed of his Word, which by the operation of the sanctifying Spirit of God, works that in the heart which is above all natural principles. Now when this is done, there is a crop which God is delighted in, a crop pleasing and acceptable to him. For we shall never bring forth fruit to the spirit, till the same spirit hath sown our hearts with these spiritual and supernatural graces.
Again, this is not all; for a man may be plowed, he may have quick and sharp terrors of conscience, and yet have no feed sown; there may be harrowing you know where there is no fowing. It was the case of Iudas and Achitophel, and so it is the case of divers others, and therefore we must go further; there must be seed thown into the heart by the hand of God, by the sanctifying spirit; that is, after a man• heart hath been thus hurried, he must come home to God by Christ, and have his ⟨p. 252⟩heart calmed by the assurance of Gods love. When he is thus united to Christ by faith, after he hath been humbled, then the Lord soweth seed; what seed? The immortal seed of his Word, which by the operation of the sanctifying Spirit of God, works that in the heart which is above all natural principles. Now when this is done, there is a crop which God is delighted in, a crop pleasing and acceptable to him. For we shall never bring forth fruit to the spirit, till the same spirit hath sown our hearts with these spiritual and supernatural graces.