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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.
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.
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A double minded man who hath a double heart makes not a daily war against that ⟨p. 195⟩heart which carries him away from resting only in Christ: for Christ quiets his conscience, and the world comforts his heart. Christ gives him some rest; and because this is not full, his heart runs out to the creature, and to his lusts for more; and so between them both he hath rest, and he is quieted with this, because he feels what he sought for: and therefore he must needs have Christ, else his conscience cannot be quiet, and he must needs have his lusts, his ease, and this world too, else his heart is most unquiet; but let him have both, he is now quiet.