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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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The second general circumstance of the souls Preparation, is on Mans part; and herein is observable,
THe second general circumstance of the souls Preparation, is on Mans part; and herein is observable,
1. That Corruption opposeth Grace. 2. That God will remove this Corruption.
First, The first is clear, 1 Cor. 2. 14. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them; and 1Acts 7. 51. Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye 2do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your fathers did, so do ye: Give us a man in the state of Nature, and though all the Ministers under heaven should preach mercy unto him; though all the Angels in heaven should exhort and entreat him; though all glory and happiness were laid before him, and he were wished only to believe and take it, and it should be his for ever; yet in his natural condition he could have no power to receive so blessed an offer: howsoever, this hinders not but he is to wait upon God in the means. And then—
First, The first is clear, 1 Cor. 2. 14. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them; and 1