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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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How we may pray for gracious influences, 317 A two fold contradicting of the Lords will, 318 Love-sickness from the want of Christ, 319 As touching peace with God, we have peace de jure & de facto, but as touching the blot and in-dwelling of sin, we ought not to have peace with our selves under that blot, ib. Ingredients of love-sickness, 320 ⟨image 7⟩Pain of love-sickness, ib. The righting of the complaining of the damned, ib. Faith above sense, 321 Faith with stronger influences then ordinary, controleth sense under desertion, 322 The Idol of indignation an enemy to zeal, 323 Spiritual savouriness active and passive, 325 In Christ, in his Spouse in his members, ib. Q. Whether God commands all use of means external and internal, and every part thereof, p. 3. cap. 12. p. 328 Nature and grace, whether grace be above natural dispositions, 330 Whether grace be above natures properties. 2 merits. 3 actings, ib. Whether God gives, or denies sufficient grace to the man who does what he can, 331 The natural wicked inability in all to know, believe, and love Christ, prove there is no universal sufficient grace, 332 The Jesuite Martinez de Ripalda cites divers texts for universal grace, 333 That previous actings in heathens must be the rule of the Lords giving or denying the Gospel, is an unwritten tradition, 335 Sinners under the fall are interdicted heirs, ib. The connection betwixt literal actings and supernatural influences, p. 336 The new supernatural providence is set up by the second Adam By which the conversion of the Elect is brought to pass, p. 337 The order betwixt natural and supernatural acting, p. 338 What renewed and unrenewed men can do in their respective places, p. 340 Corruption and temptation both increase, the difficulty of using means, p. 341 Influences work as God set them on, ib The gracious heart may reflect upon it self in spiritual actings, and purge it self, ib. We may do more by the habit of grace then we do, p. 342 ⟨image 7⟩3. Difference, ib 4. Difference, ib There is a sweet leading, no violence spiritual in heart burning for Christ, it is not so in the literal heat, p 255 5. Difference, the heavenly heat goes along with the Scripture opened and applied; not so in the literal heat, p.
How we may pray for gracious influences, 317 A two fold contradicting of the Lords will, 318 Love-sickness from the want of Christ, 319 As touching peace with God, we have peace de jure & de facto, but as touching the blot and in-dwelling of sin, we ought not to have peace with our selves under that blot, ib. Ingredients of love-sickness, 320