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London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…
London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, profane, and mere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formal, legal, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble believing soul. In a dialogue between a minister of the Gospel. Alexander an ignorant profane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for John Wright, 1646London: printed for Iohn Wright, 1646
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Mat. Indeed Sir, I cannot tell what to say to that.
Min. Well neighbour Mathias, as you have besought the Lord to pardon and forgive you your sins for Christ Jesus sake, do so still, but withal, believe that he hath done so according to your Petition; yea, and that absolutely, and not conditionally as you have done, and answerably as you do, so you shall be sure to find and feel your sins mortified and subdued; do but believe that you are washed ⟨p. 185⟩by the Blood of Christ from the guilt of sin, and you shall be sure to find that you are cleansed by the Blood of Christ from the filth of sin; let a man (saith Doctor Preston) but believe the1 the promise of pardon in the Blood of Christ, and the very believing the pardon will be able to cleanse his heart from dead works, for that faith which doth lay hold on Christ crucified (saith another godly Divine) doth2 fetch a Crucifying virtue from him, whereby the body of corruption is enfeebled and weakened.
Min. Well neighbour Mathias, as you have besought the Lord to pardon and forgive you your sinnes for Christ Jesus sake, doe so still, but withall, beleeve that he hath done so according to your Petition; yea, and that absolutely, and not conditionally as you have done, and answerably as you doe, so you shall be sure to finde and feele your sinnes mortified and subdued; doe but beleeve that you are washt ⟨p. 185⟩by the Blood of Christ from the guilt of sinne, and you shall be sure to finde that you are cleansed by the Blood of Christ from the filth of sinne; let a man (saith Doctor Preston) but beleeve the1 the promise of pardon in the Blood of Christ, and the very beleeving the pardon will be able to cleanse his heart from dead workes, for that faith which doth lay hold on Christ crucified (saith another godly Divine) doth