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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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9. Let us captivate and conform all the thoughts and imaginations of our heart, to the Rules and Sovereignty of grace; Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ: 1If thy change in words, actions, and all outward carriages were Angelical, yet if thy thoughts be sinful and unsanctified, thou art a limb of Satan still: Purity in the inward parts, is the most sound evidence of our portion in the purity and power of Christ. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, 2that thou mayest be saved: How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? God seeth (saith the Psalmist) and understandeth our thoughts afar off: And hence it is that many humble souls,3 sensible of their secret sins, in the presence of Gods pure eye, are more grieved (setting aside ill example and scandals) for the rebelliousness of their thoughts, then the exorbitancy of their actions, for of these the world sees the worst; but concerning the other, it cuts them to the heart, that they are not so well able to preserve their inward parts in purity, towards the all searching eye of God, as their words and actions in plausibleness towards man.
9. Let us captivate and conform all the thoughts and imaginations of our heart, to the Rules and Soveraignty of grace; Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ: 1If thy change in words, actions, and all outward carriages were Angelical, yet if thy thoughts be sinful and unsanctified, thou art a limb of Satan still: Purity in the inward parts, is the most sound evidence of our portion in the purity and power of Christ. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, 2that thou mayest be saved: How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? God seeth (saith the Psalmist) and understandeth our thoughts afar off: And hence it is that many humble souls,3 sensible of their secret sins, in the presence of Gods pure eye, are more grieved (setting aside ill example and scandals) for the rebelliousness of their thoughts, then the exorbitancy of their actions, for of these the world sees the worst; but concerning the other, it cuts them to the heart, that they are not so well able to preserve their inward parts in purity, towards the all searching eye of God, as their words and actions in plausibleness towards man.