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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. VII.
Whether a weak Believer may not warrantably apply some Promise to himself as given by God, although he doth not yet discern his Interest in it by the Broad Seal of the Spirit.
Whether a weake Beleever may not warrantably apply some Promise to himselfe as given by God, although he doth not yet discerne his Interest in it by the Broad Seale of the Spirit.
Answer.
A weak Believer may warrantably apply some Promise to himself, and may have it also given him of God, even whilst he is yet waiting for it, before he can discern his Interest in the Promise, by the Witness of the Spirit it self: For the Soul that waiteth for Christ, may come to see and know (by his renewed knowledge) that he doth wait; and may from thence conclude, that he on whom he waiteth, will not absent himself for ever.
A weake Beleever may warrantably apply some Promise to himselfe, and may have it also given him of God, even whilest he is yet waiting for it, before he can discerne his Interest in the Promise, by the Witnesse of the Spirit it selfe: For the Soule that waiteth for Christ, may come to see and know (by his renewed knowledge) that he doth waite; and may from thence conclude, that he on whom he waiteth, will not absent himselfe for ever.