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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, it flings the weight of all its occasions and troubles (guilt and corruptions) upon the Lord Jesus Christ: He that walks in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name 1of the Lord, and stay upon his God; that is, if a man be in extremity, hopeless in misery, and walks in desperate discouragements, yea and hath no light of comfort, Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God: As when a man cannot go of himself, he lays all the weight of his body upon another, so the soul goes to a Christ, and lays all the weight of it self upon Christ, and saith, I have no comfort, O Lord, all my discomforts I lay upon Christ, and I rely upon the Lord for comfort and consolation: Who is this, saith Solomon, 2that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved, Cant. 8. 5. The party coming is the Church, the wilderness is the troubles and vexations the Church meets withal, and the beloved is the Lord Jesus Christ; now the Church leans her self all upon her Husband, she walked along with him, but he bare all the burden: Cast all your care upon him (saith Peter) for he ⟨p. 62⟩3careth for you, 1 Pet. 5. 7. the Original is, Hurl your care upon the Lord: The Lord will not thank you for carrying your cares and troubles about you, he requires that you Hurl them upon him, for he careth for you.
Thirdly, it flings the weight of all its occasions and troubles (guilt and corruptions) upon the Lord Jesus Christ: He that walks in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name 1of the Lord, and stay upon his God; that is, if a man be in extremity, hopeless in misery, and walks in desperate discouragements, yea and hath no light of comfort, Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God: As when a man cannot go of himself, he lays all the weight of his body upon another, so the soul goes to a Christ, and lays all the weight of it self upon Christ, and saith, I have no comfort, O Lord, all my discomforts I lay upon Christ, and I relye upon the Lord for comfort and consolation: Who is this, saith Solomon,