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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. XI.
Whether sanctification being discerned, may not be, and often is a ground of Primitive Comfort, as it is an Evidence of our being in Christ?
Answer.
I do not believe that this Sanctification being discerned, is a ⟨p. 8⟩ground of Primitive Comfort, though when it is evidently discerned it be an Evidence of our being in Christ. I conceive our faith depending on Christ is as soon discerned, and sooner then our Sanctification by Christ; and yet, neither will discerning of it yield settled Comfort to the Soul, till the Spirit of God doth witness from Christ, Gods thoughts of Peace towards him.
I doe not beleeve that this Sanctification being discerned, is a ⟨p. 8⟩ground of Primitive Comfort, though when it is evidently discerned it be an Evidence of our being in Christ. I conceive our faith depending on Christ is as soon discerned, and sooner then our Sanctification by Christ; and yet, neither will discerning of it yeeld setled Comfort to the Soule, till the Spirit of God doth witnesse from Christ, Gods thoughts of Peace towards him.