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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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2. That an humble heart makes all a mans life quiet, and ⟨p. 34⟩marvellously sweeteneth whatsoever estate he is in; indeed sometimes he may be tossed and troubled, yet he is not distracted, because he is contented; as it is with a Ship on the Sea, when the billows begin to roar, and the waves are violent, if the Anchor be fastened deep, it stays the Ship: so this work of Humiliation is the Anchor of the soul, and the deeper it is fastened, the more quiet is the heart: when Job in time of his extremity gave way to his proud heart, he quarrelled with the Almighty, his friends, and all; but when the Lord had humbled him, then, Behold, I am vile, and base; once have I spoken, yea twice, but now no more.1
2. That an humble heart makes all a mans life quiet, and ⟨p. 34⟩marvellously sweetneth whatsoever estate he is in; indeed sometimes he may be tossed and troubled, yet he is not distracted, because he is contented; as it is with a Ship on the Sea, when the billows begin to roar, and the waves are violent, if the Anchor be fastened deep, it stays the Ship: so this work of Humiliation is the Anchor of the soul, and the deeper it is fastened, the more quiet is the heart: when Job in time of his extremity gave way to his proud heart, he quarrell'd with the Almighty, his friends, and all; but when the Lord had humbled him, then, Behold, I am vile, and base; once have I spoken, yea twice, but now no more.1