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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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SECT. 4. Of the Sanctification of Evidences in their several uses.
The Sanctification of Evidences is manifested (as we said) by several Dispositions: To enlarge my self; No sooner is the Soul settled in its Scripture-persuasions, and Spirit-persuasions, that God hath translated it unto Christ, but immediately there follows,—
THe Sanctification of Evidences is manifested (as we said) by several Dispositions: To inlarge my self; No sooner is the Soul setled in its Scripture-perswasions, and Spirit-perswasions, that God hath translated it unto Christ, but immediately there follows,—
1. A deep admiring of Gods unsearchable grace in the Lord Jesus Christ: Hath the Lord assured me that I am his? O my Soul, stand amazed at this endless, boundless love of the Lord; it is of his grace that ever I did bethink my self of the danger of my sinful course I was formerly in; it is of mere grace that the Lord Christ dyed ⟨p. 126⟩for my sins, and rose again for my Justification; It is of his special grace, that the Spirit of Christ should thus whisper to my Spirit, Thy sins are forgiven thee. O the bountifulness and love of God to man! O I am swallowed up in this depth! It is a mystery which may astonish Angels, an Orient Pearl which out shines all the sparkling Jewels of the whole Creation. When the Jews heard of the Proclamation of King Cyrus, by which they were set free from their long and tedious captivity, they were wrapped with joy,