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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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7. The Power held forth in the Gospel for the enabling of us to believe, John 6.29. Rom. 11.23. Ephes. 1.19.
7. The Power held forth in the Gospel for the inabling of us to believe, John 6.29. Rom. 11.23. Ephes. 1.19.
Abraham becometh a Father, and Sarah a Mother, by overcoming such temptations, as arose from his dead body, and the deadness of her womb, through the consideration of Gods Promise, Fidelity, and Ability, Rom. 4.19, 21. Heb. 11.11. The strength of the Captives in Babylon was the Promise of their deliverance; by the meditation whereof, their duty was to stir up themselves, to lay hold upon God, Isai. 64.7.
The precious thoughts of God revealed in the Gospel, are our strength, and a savour of life unto life; they are not as our thoughts, which are a savour of death unto death. The grace held forth in the Gospel is of the same nature, and of the same power in it self both before, and after faith: though none can personally apply it, but the believer. The general tender of the free, absolute, and irresistible grace of the Gospel, (though without a personal promise) becometh, through the concurring operations of the Spirit: such an attractive, as encourageth the Elect unto, and affects them with, a restlessness in the use of means; until they are made partakers thereof. That great Speech of a Believer: I will not let thee go. Whether express, or implicit,