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The spiritual touchstoneThe spiritval tovchstone
The spiritual touchstone: or, The signs of a godly man drawn in so plain and profitable a manner, as all sorts of Christians may try themselves thereby. Together with directions, how the weak Christian, by the use of these signs may establish his assurance. By. N. Bifield preacher of Gods word at Isteworth in Middlesex.The spiritval tovchstone: or, The signes of a godly man drawne in so plaine and profitable a maner, as all sorts of Christians may trie themselues thereby. Together with directions, how the weake Christian, by the vse of these signes may establish his assurance. By. N. Bifield preacher of Gods word at Isteworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by R. Field for Jonah Man, 1619London: printed by R. Field for Ionas Man, 1619
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.
6. Prayer makes him exceeding weary of the world: it gives him such ⟨p. 82⟩a taste of his own sinfulness, and of Gods goodness, and of the glory of heaven, that he is vehemently carried with desire to be absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord, Psal. 39. 12.
6. Prayer makes him exceeding weary of the world: it giues him such ⟨p. 82⟩a taste of his owne sinfulnesse, and of Gods goodnesse, and of the glorie of heauen, that he is vehemently carried with desire to be absent from the bodie, that he might be present with the Lord, Psal. 39. 12.
7. When he knows not how to pray as he ought, the Spirit prepares his heart, excites in him holy desires, supplies him sometimes with words, sometimes with affections, and sometimes worketh inward unexpressable groans, which yet it presents to God, as effectual ⟨p. 83⟩prayers, Ro. 8. 26. 27.
7. When he knowes not how to pray as he ought, the Spirit prepares his heart, excites in him holy desires, supplies him sometimes with words, sometimes with affections, and somtimes worketh inward vnexpressable groanes, which yet it presents to God, as effectuall ⟨p. 83⟩prayers, Ro. 8. 26. 27.