A75287:2093
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. 9. Examination of love to the Brethren.
A Fourth grace which every worthy Receiver must find in himself, is Love to the Brethren: and by such marks as these, he may try whether his love be a true love.
A Fourth grace which every worthy Receiver must finde in himself, is Love to the Brethren: and by such marks as these, he may try whether his love be a true love.
1. If it be to the Saints as Saints; not because they are rich, learned, wise, but merely because they have Gods image upon them:1 Love one another with a pure heart, love must be pure, not mixed, and then it is pure, when it springs from no other fountain but grace, and holiness, and love of God in Christ.
1. If it be to the Saints as Saints; not because they are rich, learned, wise, but meerly because they have Gods image upon them:1 Love one another with a pure heart, love must be pure, not mixt, and then it is pure, when it springs from no other fountain but grace, and holiness, and love of God in Christ.