A92141:529
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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Answ. 1. The Adversaries here deny the freedom and sovereignty of grace in bestowing influences, and submit the actings of grace to the industry of a sovereign man. Bradwardin desired to worship no God who was under mans free-will: I commend him for it.
Answ. 1. The Adversaries here deny the freedome and soveraignty of grace in bestowing influences, and submit the actings of grace to the industry of a soveraign man. Bradwardin desired to worship no God who was under mans free-will: I commend him for it.
2.1 The question is soon answered: The Father of Christ condescends to take on the person, and, as it were, the office of a painful husband-man, who intends to make some noble generous Vine-trees to be planted in the higher garden; and shall an earthly husband-man plough, delve, ditch, plant, purge, and do all that becomes his office? so that it the Vine-tree had wit and reason, it could not make a question, will the husband-man care for me? will he delve, and dress, and purge me, that I may bring forth more fruit? Far more may the believer say, Christs Father and my Father is the good husband-man, and both have begun the good work in me. Faith would say, he will not be wanting in his office of husbandry; he will send showers of blessings and influences upon his mount Zion, and upon me a withered and dry twig.
2.1 The question is soon answered: The Father of Christ condescends to take on the person, and, as it were, the office of a painful husband-man, who intends to make some noble generous Vine-trees to be planted in the higher garden; and shall an earthly husband-man plow, delve, ditch, plant, purge, and do all that becomes his office? so that it the Vine-tree had wit and reason, it could not make a question, will the husband-man care for me? will he delve, and dresse, and purge me, that I may bring forth more fruit? Far more may the believer say, Christs Father and my Father is the good husband-man, and both have begun the good work in me. Faith would say, he will not be wanting in his office of husbandry; he will send showers of blessings and influences upon his mount Sion, and upon me a withered and dry twig.