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Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul'sCommunion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's
Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.Communion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.
London: printed by Evan Tyler, 1655
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2. If sin be discerned, 'tis thereby weakened. A penitential eye hath a kind of fascination. It is in sin as in treason, if a treason be discovered before it break out, the treason it self is thereby broken. That soul that is truly sensible of its danger, is past it; though God may deal by thee as David by Absalom, keep thee for a while at some humbling distance, yet thou mayest beg of God, more confidently than Absalom did of David, that thou mayest see his face, because thou art not able to bear his estrangement, and thou shall not be denied, but shalt have either comfortable fruition, or profitable support.
2. If sin be discerned, 'tis thereby weakned. A penitential eye hath a kind of fascination. It is in sin as in treason, if a treason be discovered before it break out, the treason it self is th•reby broken. That soul that is truely sensible of its danger, is past it; though God may deal by thee as David by Absolom, keep thee for a while at some humbling distance, yet thou mayest beg of God, more confidently than Absolom did of David, that thou mayest see his face, because thou art not able to bear his estrangement, and thou shall not be denyed, but shalt have either comfortable fruition, or profitable support.
3. But yet, more but's yet? aye and yet: alas my heart is not in a posture fit for the enjoyment of God; there should be some suitableness in the subject for so great a privilege, but alas I am—I know not what I am, I am every way worse than you can imagine me to be.
3. But yet, more but's yet? aye and yet: alas my heart is not in a posture fit for the enjoyment of God; there should be some suitableness in the subject for so great a priviledge, but alas I am—I know not what I am, I am every way worse than you can imagine me to be.