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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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4. That to remove all remora's, the Lord hath promised to assist us in these duties by his own Spirit: Besides the promises to Duties, we have promises of duties, God deals with us (as we do by way of commerce one with another) propounding mercy by covenant and condition; yet his Covenant of Grace is always a gracious Covenant, for he not only gives the good things, but helps us in performing the condition by his own Spirit; he works our hearts to believe and repent, &c. he gives what he requires: For instance, in one place he commands, Cast away from you all your transgressions, 1and make you a new heart, and a new spirit; and in another place he promiseth, I will sprinkle clean water upon you, 2and you shall be clean from all your filthiness: A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: in one place he commands them, Circumcise the foreskin of your hearts; and in another place he promiseth, That he will circumcise their hearts: 3in one place he commands us, To keep his Commandments; in another place he promiseth to cause us, To walk in his statutes: in one place he commands us,4 To fear him, and in another place he promiseth, To put his fear into our hearts: in one place he commands us, To pray, to ask, seek, and knock; and in another place he promiseth, To pour upon us the Spirit of Grace and Supplication: 5These promises of duties are the foundation of all our performances, and those promises to duties are the rewards of his Free-Grace and good pleasure; we do not by working cause him to fulfil his promises, ⟨p. 193⟩but he by promising doth enable us to perform our works, and so he rewards us accordingly.
4. That to remove all remora's, the Lord hath promised to assist us in these duties by his own Spirit: Besides the promises to Duties, we have promises of duties, God deals with us (as we do by way of commerce one with another) propounding mercy by covenant and condition; yet his Covenant of Grace is always a gracious Covenant, for he not onely gives the good things, but helps us in performing the condition by his own Spirit; he works our hearts to believe and repent, &c. he gives what he requires: For instance, in one place he commands, Cast away from you all your transgressions,