A84399:104
Sixteen questions of serious and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston…Sixteene questions of seriovs and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston…
Sixteen questions of serious and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New=England, together with his answers to each question. Printed according to order.Sixteene questions of seriovs and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New=England, together with his answers to each question. Printed according to order.
London: printed by E. P. for Edward Blackmore, 1644
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Answer.
A Christian is more active after Regeneration then before, before Regeneration we are not active at all in any spiritual Christian Action no nor in Proximam Potentiam, Passive to receive help from God to do it, but after Regeneration, Acts Agimus. If we act and go forth in the strength of our own spiritual Gifts, without looking up to Christ, ye fall as Peter did, Matth. 26.23.
A Christian is more active after Regeneration then before, before Regeneration we are not active at all in any spirituall Christian Action no nor in Proximam Potentiam, Passive to receive helpe from God to doe it, but after Regeneration, Acts Agimus. If we act and goe forth in the strength of our own spirituall Gifes, without looking up to Christ, ye fall as Peter did, Matth. 26.23.
Quest. XV.
Whether it be not a safe way to conclude my safe estate by any practical Reasoning?