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The poor doubting christian drawn to Christ· Wherein the main lets and hindrances which…The poore doubting christian drawne to Christ· Wherein the maine letts and hindrances vvhich…
The poor doubting christian drawn to Christ· Wherein the main lets and hindrances which keep men from coming to Christ are discovered. With special helps to recover Gods favour.The poore doubting christian drawne to Christ· Wherein the maine letts and hindrances vvhich keepe men from comming to Christ are discovered. With speciall helps to recover Gods favour.
London: printed by M. Flescher for R. Dawlman and L. Fawn, 1636
THE POOR DOUBTING CHRISTIAN drawn unto Christ.THE POORE DOVBTING CHRISTIAN drawne unto Christ.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Object. But woe, faith the poor soul, you are now come to the quick; this very word is like a Millstone about my neck, to sink my soul for ever; for this is the depth of that baseness that lies on me, that all the means do not better me. Why, though Paul and the Jailer were bad enough, yet they were made better by the means; but this is my hopeless condition, that the means of grace prevail not on me. Is there such a heart in hell ⟨p. 23⟩as I; how ill must I needs be, when all the means in the world will do me no, good? but, me thinks, I feel my heart more hard and stubborn under all Gods Ordinances; my condition is certainly hopeless, when the means that should soften me, do but harden me, and make me worse.
Object. But woe, faith the poore soule, you are now come to the quicke; this very word is like a Milstone about my neck, to sinke my soule for ever; for this is the depth of that basenesse that lies on me, that all the meanes doe not better me. Why, though Paul and the Jaylor were bad enough, yet they were made better by the meanes; but this is my hopelesse condition, that the meanes of grace prevaile not on mee. Is there such a heart in hell ⟨p. 23⟩as I; how ill must I needs be, when all the meanes in the world will doe mee no, good? but, mee thinkes, I feele my heart more hard and stubborne under all Gods Ordinances; my condition is certainly hopelesse, when the meanes that should soften me, doe but harden me, and make me worse.
Answ. This is the last plea whereby the devil holds down the heart of a poor sinner; but let me answer thee, this hinders not neither, but that at least thou mayest have hope of mercy, therefore observe three passages by way of answer.
Answ. This is the last plea whereby the devill holds down the heart of a poore sinner; but let me answer thee, this hinders not neither, but that at least thou maist have hope of mercy, therefore observe three passages by way of answer.