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Influences of the life of grace
Influences of the life of grace. Or, A practical treatise concerning the way, manner, and means of having and improving of spiritual dispositions, and quickening influences from Christ the resurrection and the life. By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.Influences of the life of grace. Or, A practical treatise concerning the way, manner, and means of having and improving of spiritual dispositions, and quickning influences from Christ the resurrection and the life. By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the Vniversity of St. Andrews in Scotland.
London: printed by T.C. for Andrew Crook, 1659
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There is 1. little Remedy for clearing the glory of divine justice, to make their furnace hotter in Hell for a Chimerical and imaginary sin of which their conscience cannot accuse them; for how can they be guilty in rejecting a Christ they never heard of, and by no superable providence could hear? in that the Gospel came neither by Angels, nor by Men gifted with tongues, nor by inspiration to their knowledge; and this darkens the glory of God's justice. Its true, Abimelech and Pharaoh and others may be plagued for sins they actually know not; but light of conscience teacheth that Adultery and Oppression of innocent strangers, deserve judgement. But read we ever that Brazilians, Indians, or the wisest of Heathen, Socrates, Plato, Cicero, and the most tender of them, die with any such challenge? ah, we sinned against the blood of the Son of God shed for us! What, and shall the Lord write and speak to Israel in their hearing? I brought you ou• of Egypt, and yet he will not tell the millions of the Heathen Christ dyed for them, and saved them from the guilt of sin and everlasting wrath, as touching their everlasting destruction? which love yet he expressed not to them.
There is 1. little Remedy for clearing the glory of divine justice, to make their furnace hotter in Hell for a Chymerical and imaginary sin of which their conscience cannot accuse them; for how can they be guilty in rejecting a Christ they never heard of, and by no superable providence could hear? in that the Gospel came neither by Angels, nor by Men gifted with tongues, nor by inspiration to their knowledge; and this darkens the glory of God's justice. Its true, Abimelech and Pharaoh and others may be plagued for sins they actually know not; but light of conscience teacheth that Adultery and Oppression of innocent strangers, deserve judgement. But read we ever that Brasilians, Indians, or the wisest of Heathen, Socrates, Plato, Cicero, and the most tender of them, die with any such challenge? ah, we sinned against the blood of the Son of God shed for us! What, and shall the Lord write and speak to Israel in their hearing? I brought you ou• of Egypt, and yet he will not tell the millions of the Heathen Christ dyed for them, and saved them from the guilt of sin and everlasting wrath, as touching their everlasting destruction? which love yet he expressed not to them.