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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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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,1 they were like to men that rather dreamed, then possessed the thing that their souls longed after: How much more will Assurance that we are set free from the perpetual bondage of sin, and restored to the everlasting freedom of righteousness and life, make us wonder at the infinite wisdom; and unspeakable goodness of our heavenly Father? The Saints considering the goodness of God towards man in his creation, brake forth into holy admiration,2 Lord, what is man, that thou art mindful of him? The Prophet calling to mind long after, what God had done for his soul, cannot pass it over without fervent praise, What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits towards me? 3How much more ought and will that man that is assured of Gods favour and love towards him, for ever admire the mighty power, unspeakable goodness, and rich mercy of God, who hath delivered him from the pit of hell, from the power of Satan, from the curse of the law, and from the waiting for of all the wicked Devils, and damned Spirits, and withal, hath translated him into the kingdom of his dearest Son? O needs must his heart be inflamed with love, and enlarged in praises!
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 meer grace that the Lord Christ dyed