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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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First, for the nature of this drawing, it is of a double kind: 1. There is a Moral drawing, when by Reasons propounded, and good things offered to the Understanding and Will, a man comes thereby to have his mind enlightened, and his will moved to embrace things offered: Thus was it with Paul, when he was constrained by Lydia to abide in her house, Acts 16. 15. 2. There is 1a Physical drawing, when the Lord is pleased to put a new power into the soul of a sinner, and withal to carry the will to the object propounded, that it may embrace it; when the Lord not only offers good things to the soul, but enables the soul to lay hold upon the things offered: And thus the Lord draws a sinner from sin unto himself.
First, for the nature of this drawing, it is of a double kinde: 1. There is a Moral drawing, when by Reasons propounded, and good things offered to the Understanding and Will, a man comes thereby to have his minde illightened, and his will moved to embrace things offered: Thus was it with Paul, when he was constrained by Lydia to abide in her house, Acts 16. 15. 2. There is 1a Physical drawing, when the Lord is pleased to put a new power into the soul of a sinner, and withal to carry the will to the object propounded, that it may embrace it; when the Lord not onely offers good things to the soul, but enables the soul to lay hold upon the things offered: And thus the Lord draws a sinner from sin unto himself.
Secondly, for the means whereby he draws, they are these four: