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The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermonsThe prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons
The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, being very useful for these times.The prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, beeing very usefull for these times.
London: printed by W.W. for William Lee, 1649
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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.
Surely there is a spirit in man, but the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding, and this is not true only in the first operation of the spirit, but in going on forward in the grace begun, and not therein only but in the perfecting of the same So that we may well acknowledge, that of our Saviour, That no man cometh unto the father, except the father draw him, and the Spouse in the Canticles saith wisely, draw me and I will run after 1thee, And the Apostle to the Philippians showeth, that it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do; And when the Apostle had preached the Gospel, from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum, he ascribeth nothing unto himself, but all to the power of the spirit and grace of God which was with him. But some may object that if God do only work in us all good motives and actions, by the secret and inward operation of his holy spirit, and that we can do nothing of our selves, why then doth God punish us for not doing these things, seeing that he himself 2is the cause why we do them not? To this I answer, that God doth justly punish us for that we have lost that knowledge that was given us in our first creation, and then we had free will to do good our selves, but now we are ignorant thereof, and therefore are justly punished.
Surely there is a spirit in man, but the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding, and this is not true only in the first operation of the spirit, but in going on forward in the grace b•gunne, and not therein only but in the perfecting of the same So that we may well acknowledge, that of our Saviour, That no man cometh unto the father, except the father draw him, and the Spouse in the Canticles saith wisely, draw me and I will run after 1thee, And the Apostle to the Philippians sheweth, that it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do; And when the Apostle had preached the Gospell, from Jerusalem and round about to Illericum, he ascribeth nothing unto himselfe, but all to the power of the spirit and grace of God which was with him. But some may object that if God do onely worke in us all good motives and actions, by the secret and inward operation of his holy spirit, and that we can do nothing of our selves, why then doth God punish us for not doing these things, seeing that he himself