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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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Secondly, Convictingly, that Sin may be so to us, as it is in it self; and that discovers it self in these two particulars:
1. When we have a particular apprehension in our own person, that whatsoever Sin is in general, we confess it the same in our own souls: It is the cursed distemper of our hearts, howsoever we hold the Truth in general, yet when we come to our own Sins, to deny the particulars. The Adulterer confesseth the danger and filthiness of that Sin in gross, but he will not apply it to himself: The Rule therefore is, Arrest thy soul (whosoever thou art) of those sins particularly whereof thou standest guilty; To this purpose, say, Is Murder, and Pride, and Drunkenness, and Uncleanness such horrible sins? O Lord, it was my Heart that was proud, and vain; it was my Tongue that did speak filthily, and blasphemously; my Hand that wrought wickedness; my Eye that was wanton, and my Heart that was unclean and filthy; Lord, here they are: Thus bring thy Heart before God.
1. When we have a particular apprehension in our own person, that whatsoever Sin is in general, we confess it the same in our own souls: It is the cursed distemper of our hearts, howsoever we hold the Truth in general, yet when we come to our own Sins, to deny the particulars. The Adulterer confesseth the danger and filthiness of that Sin in gross, but he will not apply it to himself: The Rule therefore is, Arrest thy soul (whosoever thou art) of those sins particularly whereof thou standest guilty; To this purpose, say, Is Murther, and Pride, and Drunkenness, and Ʋncleanness such horrible sins? O Lord, it was my Heart that was proud, and vain; it was my Tongue that did speak filthily, and blasphemously; my Hand that wrought wickedness; my Eye that was wanton, and my Heart that was unclean and filthy; Lord, here they are: Thus bring thy Heart before God.