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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.
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. Micah 3.11. The Priests teach for hire, (there the world quiets them) yet they will lean upon the Lord too, because this also comforts them; what do they now? do they make war against this woeful frame? No, no, but •lesse themselves in it, saying, No evil shall come to us; but a poor believer whose heart is upright, it is true, there are many runnings out of his heart after other vaniti••, and much unquietness of spirit, yet the regent rate part makes war against these, […] Gods enemies, and the disturbers of the peace of Christs Kingdom; Psalm 42. David professeth, his tears were his meat day and night, verse 3. and his heart was woefully sunk and fallen, yet what doth he? first he chides himself, Why art thou cast down, oh my soul? and then secondly he makes his moan to the ⟨p. 196⟩Lord of it, verse 5, 6. Lord my soul is cast down, oh Lord pity me; you shall see also, Psal. 73.2. his eyes were dazzled with the glory of the world, and the wicked in it, that he had almost forsaken God; yet within a little while after he gets into the Sanctuary of God, and then loathes himself for such foolish and brutish thoughts; and closeth with God again, saying, Whom have I in heaven or earth but thee? verse 25.
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