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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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It was the Exhortation of that good man to the New-Converts at Antioch (where they were first called Christians,) That they should cleave unto the Lord with full purpose of heart. This Covenant I have showed you, is the Ordinance whereby you cleave unto the Lord, the joining Ordinance. Oh do it with full purpose of heart, and be often putting on fresh and frequent resolutions, not to suffer every base temptation of Satan, every deceitful, or malignant solicitation of the world; every foolish, and carnal suggestion of the flesh, to bribe and seduce you from that fidelity which you swear this day to Jesus Christ and the Kingdoms.
It was the Exhortation of that good man to the New-Converts at Antioch (where they were first called Christians,) That they should cleave unto the Lord with full purpose of heart. This Covenant I have shewed you, is the Ordinance whereby you cleave unto the Lord, the joyning Ordinance. Oh do it with full purpose of heart, and be often putting on fresh and frequent resolutions, not to suffer every base temptation of Satan, every deceitfull, or malignant sollicitation of the world; every foolish, and carnall suggestion of the flesh, to bribe and seduce you from that fidelitie which you swear this day to Jesus Christ and the Kingdoms.
A well grounded resolution is half the work, and the better half to; for he that hath well resolved, hath conquered his will; and he that hath conquered his will, hath overcome the greatest difficulty; No such difficulty in spiritual things, as to prevail with ones own heart. With these cords therefore, of well bottomed resolutions, be oft binding your selves to your Covenant, as once Ulysses did himself to his Mast, that you may ⟨p. 88⟩not be bewitched by any Sirenian song of the flesh, world, or the […], to violate your holy Covenant, and drown your selves in a set of perdition.
A well grounded resolution is half the work, and the better half to; for he that hath well resolved, hath conquered his will; and he that hath conquered his will, hath overcome the greatest difficulty; No such difficulty in spirituall things, as to prevail with ones own heart. With these cords therefore, of well bottomed resolutions, be oft binding your selves to your Covenant, as once Ʋlisses did himself to his Mast, that you may