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Christ the fountain of life: or, Sundry choice sermons on part of the fifth chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.Christ the fountaine of life: or, Sundry choyce sermons on part of the fift chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithfull minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson, 1651
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Act. 4 Fourthly, Faith hath respect unto this; to believe that what we have asked according to Gods will, he will undoubtedly give it us, Mark 11.24. Believe that you shall receive, and you shall receive it; meaning, so far as you have commended your Petitions to God, in the name of Christ, with subjection to the will of your heavenly Father; believe it, that God hath respect to your poor estate, and he will do for you what you desire, yea even in those things wherein he seems to delay an answer; but in the mean ⟨p. 215⟩time, for your part make account your prayers are heard, in that very blessing you desire, for God doth wisely ponder, not only the hearts of the sons of men, but all the words of their lips, and he knows the meaning of the spirit in the hearts of his children.
Act. 4 Fourthly, Faith hath respect unto this; to beleeve that what we have asked according to Gods will, he will undoubtedly give it us, Mark 11.24. Beleeve that you shall receive, and you shall receive it; meaning, so farre as you have commended your Petitions to God, in the name of Christ, with subjection to the will of your heavenly Father; beleeve it, that God hath respect to your poore estate, and he will doe for you what you desire, yea even in those things wherein he seemes to delay an answer; but in the meane ⟨p. 215⟩time, for your part make account your prayers are heard, in that very blessing you desire, for God doth wisely ponder, not onely the hearts of the sons of men, but all the words of their lips, and he knowes the meaning of the spirit in the hearts of his children.
And though we must express our selves in words, in our desire of this and that blessing, yet God looks principally at the grounds of our desires, and wherefore we desire to obtain the blessing: What it is, that moves us to have a desire after such and such a mercy, and observing well the bias of our hearts in such requests, he doth in this respect constantly hearken to his servants, and fails not to grant us the things we ask, even when he seems to deny us,