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The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithful labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653
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Rule 1 First, Get a clear insight into Gods ⟨p. 58⟩Law, that it may discover sin to you, by the Law is the knowledge of sin, Rom. 3.20. Therefore by the deeds of the Law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin. Jam. 1.23. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. Vers. 24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. The looking-glass will show you the blemishes in the face, which the eye cannot else discern: beloved, get a knowledge of the spiritualness of Gods Law, of the extent of Gods Law, that the Law doth reach the inward man, that Gods Law reacheth to those very first motions of the soul, those very inclinations to sin that are in thine heart, be acquainted with the Law, and by that thou wilt come to the knowledge of sin. Physicians have used this remedy to their Patients: In a Convulsion Fit, they would wish them at that time, to look their face in a glass, that when the Patient doth see what an ugly countenance he hath, and what an ugly posture he is in at that time, he might strive the more against it: So do you; look your face in a looking-glass to see those deformities that are within you, this will make you confess, and this will bring you on your knees.
Rule 1 First, Get a clear insight into Gods ⟨p. 58⟩Law, that it may discover sin to you, by the Law is the knowledge of sin, Rom. 3.20. Therefore by the deeds of the Law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin. Jam. 1.23. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his naturall face in a glasse. Vers. 24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. The looking-glasse will shew you the blemishes in the face, which the eye cannot else discerne: beloved, get a knowledge of the spiritualnesse of Gods Law, of the extent of Gods Law, that the Law doth reach the inward man, that Gods Law reacheth to those very first motions of the soul, those very inclinations to sin that are in thine heart, be acquainted with the Law, and by that thou wilt come to the knowledge of sin. Physicians have used this remedy to their Patients: In a Convulsion Fit, they would wish them at that time, to look their face in a glasse, that when the Patient doth see what an ugly countenance he hath, and what an ugly posture he is in at that time, he might strive the more against it: So do you; look your face in a looking-glasse to see those deformities that are within you, this will make you confesse, and this will bring you on your knees.