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The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…
The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. / Delivered in several sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. / Delivered in severall sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.
London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651
Title page typeset from the transcription.
GRACE Magnified: OR, The PRIVILED GES of those that are under Grace.
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.
Here therefore is the way, search out the promises wherein God hath engaged himself to help you in any duty you would perform: When you have found out that promise, labour to rest upon that promise, labour to believe that as God hath promised to make thee able to do it, so he will make thee able to do it in the use of means. And I say unto ⟨p. 90⟩thee, According to thy faith it shall be unto thee: Here then is the third Use. God hath graciously undertaken to enable his children to do all he biddeth them to do, therefore the only way to do what is commanded, is to get faith to rest upon the promises, wherein the Lord hath engaged himself to help us to do what he hath commanded. First of all, find out what is the will of God that thou shouldst do. Secondly, work thy heart to a willingness, and desire to do it. Thirdly, Bring thy self to trust upon God in the use of his means for ability to do it; and then in the next place thou shalt be able to do it in such a measure as God will accept.
Here therefore is the way, search out the promises wherein God hath ingaged himself to help you in any duty you would perform: When you have found out that promise, labour to rest upon that promise, labour to believe that as God hath promised to make thee able to doe it, so he will make thee able to doe it in the use of means. And I say unto ⟨p. 90⟩thee, According to thy faith it shall be unto thee: Here then is the third Use. God hath graciously undertaken to enable his children to doe all he biddeth them to doe, therefore the onely way to doe what is commanded, is to get faith to rest upon the promises, wherein the Lord hath engaged himself to help us to doe what he hath commanded. First of all, finde out what is the will of God that thou shouldst doe. Secondly, work thy heart to a willingness, and desire to doe it. Thirdly, Bring thy self to trust upon God in the use of his means for abilitie to doe it; and then in the next place thou shalt be able to doe it in such a measure as God will accept.