A75287:2081
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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5. If it beget in him whom it possesseth,1 a sanctification of all parts, both in soul and body, though not in perfection; if the understanding be enlightened with knowledge in the great mysteries of godliness; if the will be bent with the best things; if the memory be a store-house of heavenly treasures; if the stream of our affections be turned from the world towards Gods glory and good causes; if the heart be weaned from lusts, and fallen ⟨p. 286⟩in love with eternal pleasures and heavenly things; if the Conscience be watchful to discover, and sensible to feel the approach and prickings of the least sin, &c.
5. If it beget in him whom it possesseth,1 a sanctification of all parts, both in soul and body, though not in perfection; if the understanding be enlightned with knowledge in the great mysteries of godliness; if the will be bent with the best things; if the memory be a store-house of heavenly treasures; if the stream of our affections be turned from the world towards Gods glory and good causes; if the heart be weaned from lusts, and faln ⟨p. 286⟩in love with eternal pleasures and heavenly things; if the Conscience be watchful to discover, and sensible to feel the approach and prickings of the least sin, &c.
16. If it work by love, first towards God and Christ, in that all his sins are remitted, and he is eternally beloved of God in Christ: