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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.
1But is there any believers heart so knit unto Christ, but that there is a heart also after other vanities? do they find such rest in him, as that they find no disquietness? is there not an unregenerate part and much unbelief, remaining? is any mans faith made perfect that the whole soul must come, or else there is no true faith?
1But is there any beleevers heart so knit unto Christ, but that there is a heart also after other vanities? doe they find such rest in him, as that they find no disquietnesse? is there not an unregenerate part and much unbelief, remaining? is any mans faith made perfect that the whole soule must come, or else there is no true faith?
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1It is true, there is an unregenerate and a regenerate part in a godly man, but not a heart and a heart (the note of a wicked man in Scripture phrase) there are disquietings in the hearts of Saints after that they be in Christ, even Solomon himself may sometime seek out of Christ for rest in his orchards and gardens, knowledge and wisdom; yet there is a great difference between these that are in the Saints, arising from the unregenerate part, and those that be in the wicked, arising from a heart and a heart, or a double heart: and this difference is chiefly seen in two things.
1It is true, there is an unregenerate and a regenerate part in a godly man, but not a heart and a heart (the note of a wicked man in Scripture phrase) there are disquietings in the hearts of Saints after that they be in Christ, even Solomon himselfe may sometime seek out of Christ for rest in his orchards and gardens, knowledge and wisdome; yet there is a great difference between these that are in the Saints, arising from the unregenerate part, and those that be in the wicked, arising from a heart and a heart, or a double heart: and this difference is chiefly seen in two things.