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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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Secondly, It is for this reason, to raise up in mens hearts a higher esteem of pardoning grace; things highly come by, are highly set by; What is the reason that birds do chirp and sing more sweetly in the spring then in any other part of the year? it is for this, because after the vanishing away of a long and tedious winter the refreshing Spring comes in: Beloved, The Lord makes his people chirp and sing in the sense of pardoning grace, rejoicing in that the more, the longer the winter of ⟨p. 159⟩desertion hath be: when God lets them have long desertion, then they do the more rejoice and sing when pardons are attained: Men do then prize the Land, when they have been tossed by a tempest on the sea. Those that have been tossed on the waves of spiritual trouble, that have had a storm and a tempest in their consciences, they will prize pardoning grace most.
Secondly, It is for this reason, to raise up in mens hearts a higher esteem of pardoning grace; things highly come by, are highly set by; What is the reason that birds doe chirp and sing more sweetly in the spring then in any other part of the year? it is for this, because after the vanishing away of a long and tedious winter the refreshing Spring comes in: Beloved, The Lord makes his people chirp and sing in the sense of pardoning grace, rejoycing in that the more, the longer the winter of ⟨p. 159⟩desertion hath bee: when God lets them have long desertion, then they do the more rejoyce and sing when pardons are attain'd: Men do then prize the Land, when they have been tossed by a tempest on the sea. Those that have been tossed on the waves of spirituall trouble, that have had a storm and a tempest in their consciences, they will prize pardoning grace most.
Thirdly, God doth sometimes pardon a mans sin, yet not tell him of it; and it is for rebuke to him, because he hath not lived in the exercise of grace: thou keepest back obedience from God, and God keeps back comfort from thee: this is a main reason why sometimes God pardons a sinner, and yet doth not tell him of it in his own conscience. It is done in heaven, the pardon is written there; but it is not done in the conscience, it is not written here: It is to give thee a rebuke, a check in thine own heart; surely I have not exercised grace, therefore surely God will not give me the comforting work of his Spirit: when thou art not much in grace, then thou shalt be but little in peace, it is just with God so to do.