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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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246 There is some acting and life under much deadness in the regenerate, ibid Many sweet spiritual actings may be under indispositions p. 247 No agreement betwixt these two Champions, the flesh and the spirit, p, 248 Its fit to go about duties under indispositions, ib Less of sweet real influences, and more of moral influences, from the word makes obedience more perfect, p. 249 We can tell the actings when they are on, and after they are over and gone, p. 3. c. 6. p. 251. Differences betwixt spiritual heart burnings of the love of Christ, and literal heat, p. 252 1. Difference, ib Feeling may be stronger after actings of the spirit are gone, p. 253 Spiritual burning of heart leave some impression behind, which literal heat doth not, p. 254 2. Difference, ib Improving of spiritual heat is known whereas in literal heat there is no such thing, p. 3. c. 6 ⟨image 6⟩3 property of an heavenly disposition, ib. What we are to do under dispositions spiritual 301 Spiritual dispositions are at length victorious ib. How to get heavenly dispositions, ib. 4 Property, 302 Heavenly dispositions connaturally cast out acts suitable, 303 5 Property, 304 Heavenly dispositions cause a man act upon himself, ib. The meetings of believers for godly conference is owned by the Lord, cap. 11. p. 308 Small means of grace, and short visits of Christ, are to be highly esteemed at some time, especially when love-flowings have been neglected, ib. Sense is prouder then faith, 309 Withdrawings of Christ teach us to try whether we have abused his manifestations formerly, 310 Except we find Christ we cannot pray, 311 How to judge of the nature of praying, ib. Praying fitteth for praying, 312 There degrees of discerning an answer ib. The real withdrawings of Christ make no change of legal interests in Christ, ib. The life of grace depends on influences of grace, 313 Christs right and acts in redeeming of us, stand entire when we are deserted, ib. What love-sickness is, 314 The Lords wisdom in suspending influences of grace, 315 Withdrawing of comforts upon wise and holy reasons, ib. The wisdom of God appointing that we depend on him, ib. How we may pray for comforts, 316 How we may deprecate languishing pain in love-sickness, ib.
246 There is some acting and life under much deadnesse in the regenerate, ibid Many sweet spiritual actings may be under indispositions p. 247 No agreement betwixt these two Champions, the flesh and the spirit, p, 248 Its fit to go about duties under indispositions, ib Lesse of sweet real influences, and more of moral influences, from the word makes obedience more perfect, p. 249 We can tell the actings when they are on, and after they are over and gone, p. 3. c. 6. p. 251. Differences betwixt spiritual heart burnings of the love of Christ, and literal heat, p. 252 1. Difference, ib Feeling may be stronger after actings of the spirit are gone, p. 253 Spiritual burning of heart leave some impression behind, which literal heat doth not, p. 254 2. Difference, ib Improving of spiritual heat is known whereas in literal heat there is no such thing, p. 3. c. 6