A92141:645
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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2. If there be such summer-showers of heavenly influences under Christ, how is our fleece dry? And many are rained upon green, and the bones flourishing like an herb and a lily, and thou art dry. This is not seen; profaneness is exceeding profane, and is twice, yea seven times profaneness under Gospel-influences.1 The Gospel-devil is fiercer, and more a devil (to speak so) then the Indian devil. O but the Gospel makes a sad eke to wickedness, Gospel-swearing, Gospel-whoring, Gospel-drunkenness, are worse then Sodoms filthiness, Matth. 10. 15. There is an unperceived vengeance that cleaves to every Judas; the man who is long in Christs company; and sees and hears what Christ does, and what he says, his traitory is twice, yea seven times traitory. Spilt and rotten wine is a worse liquor then fountain-water; some water is better then some wine.
2. If there be such summer-showres of heavenly influences under Christ, how is our fleece dry? And many are rained upon green, and the bones flourishing like an herb and a lilly, and thou art dry. This is not seen; prophaneness is exceeding prophane, and is twice, yea seven times prophaneness under Gospel-influences.1 The Gospel-devil is fiercer, and more a devil (to speak so) then the Indian devil. O but the Gospel makes a sad eik to wickedness, Gospel-swearing, Gospel-whoring, Gospel-drunkenness, are worse then Sodoms filthiness, Matth. 10. 15. There is an unperceived vengeance that cleaves to every Judas; the man who is long in Christs company; and sees and heares what Christ does, and what he sayes, his traitory is twice, yea seven times traitory. Spilt and rotten wine is a worse liquor then fountain-water; some water is better then some wine.
- 1Gospel-influences are strong.