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Meditations on the fall and rising of St. Peter
Meditations on the fall and rising of St. Peter by Edward Reynolds ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1677
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MEDITATIONS ON THE Fall and Rising OF PETER. › Meditation 20: MED. XX.
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MED. XX.
ONE would think, that such a great recovery should be effected by the hand of some glorious Ministry, by the voice of an Angel or a Prophet. But see a Miracle in weakness! A Cock is made, as it were, a John Baptist, to forerun the look of Christ, and to preach Repentance. That God which can in power work without means, does in wisdom make use of the best, ⟨p. 72⟩and can open the mouth of a beast for the conversion of a man. How careful ought we to be in the use of Means, when God seldom worketh without them? How humble in the use of Prayer, when the Means work not without God? The ordinary courses of nature, the most accidental occurrences in the World, are sanctified unto the good of the Elect, and are the Instruments of God for their Salvation.
ONE would think, that such a great recovery should be effected by the hand of some glorious Ministry, by the voice of an Angel or a Prophet. But see a Miracle in weakness! A Cock is made, as it were, a John Baptist, to forerun the look of Christ, and to preach Repentance. That God which can in power work without means, does in wisdom make use of the befest, ⟨p. 72⟩and can open the mouth of a beast for the conversion of a man. How careful ought we to be in the use of Means, when God seldom worketh without them? How humble in the use of Prayer, when the Means work not without God? The ordinary courses of nature, the most accidental occurrences in the World, are sanctified unto the good of the Elect, and are the Instruments of God for their Salvation.