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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 1: The Preface, Division of the Psalm, and coherence of the Text.
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.
For the substance of the Psalm, it containeth the Godly mans Trial in the former part of it, and his Triumph in the latter part of it. We have
For the substance of the Psalm, it containeth the Godly mans Tryal in the former part of it, and his Triumph in the latter part of it. We have
First, The grievous conflict between the flesh and the Spirit, to the 15 vers.
Secondly, The glorious conquest of the Spirit over the flesh, to the end.
In the beginning of the Psalm he ingeniously pointeth at those rocks against which he was like to have split his soul.
In the middle, he candidly confesseth his ignorance and folly to have been the chiefest foundation of his fault.