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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. 3. Hope in Christ.
The mind being thus enlightened, the Lord calls on the affections; Come desire, Come love: but the first voice is to Hope, now Hope is a faculty of the soul that looks out for mercy, and waits for the same; So the Apostle, Phil. 1. 20. According to my earnest expectation: It is a similitude taken from a man that looks after another, and lifts up himself as high 1as he may to see if any be coming after him; so here the soul stands as it were a tip toe, expecting when the Lord comes; he hath heard the Lord say, Mercy is coming towards thee, mercy is provided for thee: now this affection is set out to meet mercy afar off, it is the looking out of the soul: O when will it be Lord? ⟨p. 44⟩Thou sayest mercy is prepared, thou sayest mercy is approaching; the soul standeth a tip-toe, O when will it come Lord! here is the voice of Hope; This sinful soul of mine, it may through Gods mercy be sanctified; this troubled perplexed soul of mine, it may through Gods mercy be pacified; this evil and corruption which harbours in me, and hath taken possession of me, it may through Gods mercy be removed; and when will it be, Lord?
THe minde being thus illightned, the Lord calls on the affections; Come desire, Come love: but the first voice is to Hope, now Hope is a faculty of the soul that looks out for mercy, and waits for the same; So the Apostle,