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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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Its fit to make an eke to the holiness of influences which the Lord offers to us, 292 We may speak to God, and profess in prayer the sincerity of our heart to God, and the causes why, 294 Its hard to guide well grace and glory, so long as sin dwelleth in us, ib. The Lords giving of grace lays bands on him to give more grace, and to add new influences to old, 296 What a heart the repenting thief, and what a heart Hezekiah brought out before the Lord in his dying, ib. • properties of holy dispositions, 298 Dispositions spiritual are seeds of holy actings, ib. Zeal bringeth forth holy actings, 299 Heavenly dispositions are real helps to holy actings, ib. Properties of heavenly dispositions: to act under indispositions, ib. A disposition counterworking a disposition, 300 The spirit in an heavenly disposition at length prevaileth, ib. ⟨image 8⟩(8) Pride and (9) Worldly mindedness hinder influences of grace, loveliness and heavenly mindedness promote the same, p. 362. &c (10) Bastard zeal (11) Uncleanness (12) Malice (13) Worldly sorrow, hinders the contrary graces promote influences, p. 395, &c. (14) Worldly and false joy (15) False love, p. 398, &c (16) Ignorance and hatred of the Gospel, p. 400 (17) Wrestling against providences obstruct the influences of God, p. 402 God by his influences, first acts and stirs, by order of nature, and in the same moment of time we act and stir, without any violence, p. 404 (18) Heavenly and spiritual thoughts and considerations draw along heavenly influences, as unclean thoughts do the contrary p. 405 Keep the oil of the spirit clean, if you would have heavenly influences to fall on the spirit. p. 407 We are to act both morally and physically with the spirit, p. 408 Prayers conclude not sovereignty, ib Other impediments of influences from the mind, will and affections p. 4. c. 4. p. 409 Heretical light, ib A corrupt will, p. 410 Hating of Christ and his grace obstruct influences, p. 411 Diverse actings of the spirit in the Spouse sick of love for Christ hold forth influences, the spirit as is cleared by the song of Solomon, p. 412 Hating of Christ, p. 414 The soul loathing of God, ib The spirit gives no influences where there is no knowledge, p. 415 Influences of the spirit are connatural to the spiritual man, ib Sensuality and influence of the spirit are inconsistent, ib Soul desires after God have sweet influences, p.
Its fit to make an eike to the holinesse of influences which the Lord offers to us, 292 We may speak to God, and professe in prayer the sincerity of our heart to God, and the causes why, 294 Its hard to guide well grace and glory, so long as sin dwelleth in us, ib. The Lords giving of grace layes bands on him to give more grace, and to adde new influences to old, 296 What a heart the repenting thief, and what a heart Hezekiah brought out before the Lord in his dying, ib. properties of holy dispositions, 298 Dispositions spiritual are seeds of holy actings, ib. Zeal bringeth forth holy actings, 299 Heavenly dispositions are real helps to holy actings, ib. Properties of heavenly dispositions: to act under indispositions, ib. A disposition counterworking a disposition, 300 The spirit in an heavenly disposition at length prevaileth, ib.