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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. 2. A sight of Sin.
But for a further discovery of these two necessary things, we shall now enter into particulars, and begin first with Contrition; which contains these steps:
BUt for a further discovery of these two necessary things, we shall now enter into particulars, and begin first with Contrition; which contains these steps:
A sight of sin. Sense of Divine wrath. Sorrow for sin.
The first step is A sight of sin; and sin must be seen Clearly. Convictingly.
First, Clearly: It is not a general sight, and confused sight of ⟨p. 19⟩Sin that will serve the turn; it is not enough to say, It is my infirmity, and I cannot amend it, we are all sinners: no, this is the ground why we mistake our evils, and reform not our ways; a man must search narrowly, and prove his ways, as the Goldsmith doth his gold in the fire: I considered my ways, (saith David)