A75287:2062
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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SECT. 6. Examination of Knowledge.
Now for the individual companions of sound conversion: We must inquire within our selves, for these Graces of Knowledge, Faith, Repentance, &c.
NOw for the individual companions of sound conversion: We must inquire within our selves, for these Graces of Knowledge, Faith, Repentance, &c.
The first of these Graces, which every worthy and fit receiver must necessarily find in himself, is Knowledge; and by such marks as these, he may try and consider, whether his knowledge be a saving and sanctifying knowledge or no.
The first of these Graces, which every worthy and fit receiver must necessarily finde in himself, is Knowledge; and by such marks as these, he may try and consider, whether his knowledge be a saving and sanctifying knowledge or no.
1. If it beget humility and lowliness of mind; if the sight of Gods purity, majesty, just indignation and vengeance against sin; if the sense of his own blindness, vanity, inward filthiness, and natural corruption, makes him willingly entertain humility, and a lowly conceit of his own self.