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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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SECT. 1. The Answer on mans part for the Soul to close with, and to rely on Christ.
SECT. 1. The Answer on mans part for the Soul to close with, and to relye on Christ.
Hitherto of the Call on Gods part; now we are come to the Answer on mans part. No sooner hath the Gospel and Gods Spirit clearly revealed the fullness of Gods mercy in Christ, but then the whole soul (both the Mind that discovers mercy, and Hope that expects it, and Desire that pursues it, and Love that entertains it, and the Will that rests on it) gives answer to the Call of God therein. Mercy is a proper object of all these, of the Mind to be enlightened, of Hope to be sustained, of Desire to be supported, of Love to be cheered: Nay, there is a full satisfactory sufficiency of all good in Christ, that so the will of man may take full repose and rest in him; therefore the Lord saith, Come unto me, all that are weary and heavy laden; Come 1Mind, and Hope, and Desire, and Love, and Will, and Heart: they all answer, We come: The Mind saith, Let me know this Mercy above all, and desire to know nothing but Christ and him crucified: Let me expect this Mercy (saith Hope) that belongs to me, and will befall me: Desire saith, Let me long after it: O—saith Love, let me embrace and welcome it: O, saith the Heart, let me lay hold on the handle of Salvation; here we will live, and here we will dye at the footstool of Gods Mercy. Thus all go, Mind, Hope, Desire, Love, Joy, the Will, and all lay hold upon the Promise, and say, Let us make the Promise a prey, let us ⟨p. 41⟩