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Sixteen questions of serious and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston…Sixteene questions of seriovs and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston…
Sixteen questions of serious and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New England together with his answer to each question.Sixteene questions of seriovs and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New England together with his answer to each question.
London: printed by E. P. for Edward Blackmore, 1644
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Quest. IV.
Whether a man may or ought to see any saving Work of Christ in himself, and take Comfort from it, before he be sealed by the Spirit?
Whether a man may or ought to see any saving Worke of Christ in himselfe, and take Comfort from it, before he be sealed by the Spirit?
Answer.
A true Believer may and ought to see (if it be declared to him in the use of the means) any Work of Christ in himself that accompanieth Salvation (as Cornelius did) before he be sealed with the Witness of the Spirit it self: yet full settled Comfort he cannot take, nor rest in, till it be witnessed unto him by the Spirit: for Comfort without the Word is false Comfort, and neither Word nor Spirit, do teach us to take any Comfort so much from the Work of Christ in us, as from the Object of it.
A true Beleever may and ought to see (if it be declared to him in the use of the means) any Worke of Christ in himselfe that accompanieth Salvation (as Cornelius did) before he be sealed with the Witnesse of the Spirit it selfe: yet full setled Comfort he cannot take, nor rest in, till it be witnessed unto him by the Spirit: for Comfort without the Word is false Comfort, and neither Word nor Spirit, doe teach us to take any Comfort so much from the Worke of Christ in us, as from the Object of it.