A75287:1173
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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3. That for the degrees of these Graces, it is necessary to improve them; graces improved, are the ready way to have them increased: ⟨p. 189⟩God ever bestows the greatest measure, where he finds a care to put them forth to advantage: Whosoever hath, 1to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; as men increase their substance by labour, and learning by diligence, so he that improves graces, shall more and more abound in them.
3. That for the degrees of these Graces, it is necessary to improve them; graces improved, are the ready way to have them increased: ⟨p. 189⟩God ever bestows the greatest measure, where he findes a care to put them forth to advantage: Whosoever hath, 1to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; as men increase their substance by labor, and learning by diligence, so he that improves graces, shall more and more abound in them.
2. For Prayer, and the parts of it, observe this method: