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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
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.
Secondly,1 Labour to have thy conscience settled and established in that truth which now out of the Word thou hast gotten, to bear witness of the work of grace in thee; for if there be any want of the assurance of Gods love, and if the evidence of the work of grace come not powerfully in upon thy heart, but there is some guilt of sin still remaining, then conscience will breed new broils, and continually nip and disquiet ⟨p. 92⟩the heart; therefore as we must have our judgement informed by the Word that there is some good in us, so we must get conscience persuaded of it, that conscience may speak for us: as the debtor, if he be indebted to many creditors, he must agree with all; for if he agree with all save one, that one may imprison him as well as all the rest: So it is with the poor distressed soul that lies at the mercy of the Lord, and is so deep in arrearages that he cannot help himself, he must labour to still conscience, that it do not accuse him, but be on his side.
Secondly,1 Labour to have thy conscience setled and established in that truth which now out of the Word thou hast gotten, to beare witnesse of the work of grace in thee; for if there bee any want of the assurance of Gods love, and if the evidence of the worke of grace come not powerfully in upon thy heart, but there is some guilt of sinne still remaining, then conscience will breed new broiles, and continually nip and disquiet ⟨p. 92⟩the heart; therefore as wee must have our judgement informed by the Word that there is some good in us, so wee must get conscience perswaded of it, that conscience may speake for us: as the debtor, if he bee indebted to many creditors, he must agree with all; for if hee agree with all save one, that one may imprison him as well as all the rest: So it is with the poore distressed soule that lies at the mercy of the Lord, and is so deepe in arerages that hee cannot helpe himselfe, he must labour to still conscience, that it doe not accuse him, but be on his side.
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