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The doctrine & directions but more especially the practice and behaviour of a man…The doctrine & directions but more especially the practice and behavior of a man…
The doctrine & directions but more especially the practice and behaviour of a man in the act of the new birth A treatise by way of appendix to the former. By Isaac Ambrose, minister of Christ at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.The doctrine & directions but more especially the practice and behavior of a man in the act of the nevv birth A treatise by way of appendix to the former. By Isaac Ambrose, minister of Christ at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1650
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Thirdly, hence the Soul comes to be quiet and frameable under the heavy hand of God in that helpless condition wherein he is, it takes the blow, and lies under the burden, and goes away quietly and patiently: O this is an heart worth gold! O (saith he) it is fit that God should glorify himself, though I be damned for ever, for I deserve the worst: Whatsoever I have, it is the reward of my own works, and the end of my own ways: if I be damned, I may thank my pride, and my stubbornness, and my peevishness of spirit: What, shall I repine against the Lord, because his wrath and his displeasure lies heavy upon me? Oh no! let me repine against my sin, the cause of all; let me grudge against my base heart that hath nourished these Adders in my bosom, but let ⟨p. 32⟩me bless the Lord, and not speak one word against him. Thus David, I held my tongue (saith he) and spake nothing, because 1thou Lord hast done it: So the Soul, when the Sentence of condemnation is even seizing upon him, and God seems to cast him out of his favour, then he cries, I confess God is just, and therefore I bless his Name, and yield unto him; but sin, sin is the worker of all this misery on me. Jeremiah pleading the case of the Church, now going to Captivity, Woe is me for my hurt (saith 2he) my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it. Such is the frame of an heart truly humbled, it is content to take all to it self, and so to be quiet, saying, This is my wound, and I must bear it; this is my sorrow, and I will suffer it. Thus you see what is the behaviour of the Soul in this Contentedness to be at the Lords disposal.
Thirdly, hence the Soul comes to be quiet and frameable under the heavy hand of God in that helpless condition wherein he is, it takes the blow, and lies under the burthen, and goes away quietly and patiently: O this is an heart worth gold! O (saith he) it is fit that God should glorifie himself, though I be damned for ever, for I deserve the worst: Whatsoever I have, it is the reward of my own works, and the end of my own ways: if I be damned, I may thank my pride, and my stubbornness, and my peevishness of spirit: What, shall I repine against the Lord, because his wrath and his displeasure lies heavy upon me? Oh no! let me repine against my sin, the cause of all; let me grudge against my base heart that hath nourished these Adders in my bosom, but let