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The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…
The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs spirit in reconciling of a sinner to God / by Tho. Shepard ...The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs spirit in reconciling of a sinner to God / by Tho. Shepard ...
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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.
2. Such as think there is a necessity of sense of misery, by the work of the Law, before Christ can be received; but they think there is no such feeling of misery, as hath been mentioned; but that it is common to the reprobate as to the elect, and consequently that in sense of sin there is no such special work of the Spirit as separates the soul from sin before it comes unto Christ, but that this is done after the soul is in Christ by faith, viz. in Sanctification, being first justified by faith.
2. Such as think there is a necessity of sense of misery, by the work of the Law, before Christ can be received; but they think there is no such feeling of misery, as hath been mentioned; but that it is common to the reprobate as to the elect, and consequently that in sense of sinne there is no such speciall worke of the Spirit as separates the soule from sinne before it comes unto Christ, but that this is done after the soule is in Christ by faith, viz. in Sanctification, being first justified by faith.
This is the judgement of many holy and learned; and therefore so long as there is no disagreement in the substance of this doctrine, it should not trouble us; only let it be considered, whether what is said, is not the truth of Christ; and if it be, let us not cast it aside. The Jewish Rabbins have a speech at this day very frequent in their writings, ⟨p. 98⟩Non est in lege unica literula, à qua non magni suspensi sunt montes: It is much more true of every truth; and if I much mistake not, much depends upon the right understanding of this point.
This is the judgement of many holy and learned; and therefore so long as there is no disagreement in the substance of this doctrine, it should not trouble us; onely let it be considered, whether what is said, is not the truth of Christ; and if it be, let us not cast it aside. The Jewish Rabbins have a speech at this day very frequent in their writings, ⟨p. 98⟩