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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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Sol. This denies not that the Saints have in them A seed, a spring, a principle of life, a power; but on the contrary, it affirms, That they have a power, only that this power is of God: We should work ⟨p. 27⟩out our salvation in humility, not boasting in our own selves, for all is received of God: More fully, God is said to work the will and the deed, 1. By giving a principle of Spiritual life, habitual grace, a renewed frame of heart. 2. By exciting and strengthening this grace: and both these are ever afforded to the Saints, only the latter is more or less, according to his pleasure: So that in the worst times, a Believer hath power to do good, though not alike at all times; and this power we must use, and put forth our selves as we are able, or we cannot with reason expect his help. A Ship hath instruments of motion (though not an internal principle) and if the Mariner would have help by the winds, he must loose his Cables, and hoist his Sails; so must we, or else we may lie still.
Sol. This denies not that the Saints have in them A seed, a spring, a principle of life, a power; but on the contrary, it affirms, That they have a power, onely that this power is of God: We should work ⟨p. 27⟩out our salvation in humility, not boasting in our own selves, for all is received of God: More fully, God is said to work the will and the deed, 1. By giving a principle of Spiritual life, habitual grace, a renewed frame of heart. 2. By exciting and strengthning this grace: and both these are ever afforded to the Saints, onely the latter is more or less, according to his pleasure: So that in the worst times, a Believer hath power to do good, though not alike at all times; and this power we must use, and put forth our selves as we are able, or we cannot with reason expect his help. A Ship hath instruments of motion (though not an internal principle) and if the Mariner would have help by the winds, he must loose his Cables, and hoise his Sails; so must we, or else we may lie still.