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The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair…
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair unto him for his heavenly remedies. A brief discourse, meditated by one under bodily illness, and profitable for all that are under spiritual. : [Two lines in Latin from Ambrose]
printed by Timothy Green, 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, They are Deadly Diseases. Hence tis said, Ezek. 18.4. The Soul that sins shall Dy. Men are, Dead in Trespasses and Sins. There is a Death comes upon all men: Whence In that all have Sinned. Every Sin is in it self a Mortal sickness: If it be not in the Event so, 'tis owing to the wonderful Grace of God. Sin, if it be not seasonably and effectually Remedied, ⟨p. 11⟩will prove Deadly to the Soul: we are forewarned, Rom. 6.21. The End is Death. What is the Sinner? It may be said unto every such one, as the Lord said once unto such a one; Thou are a Dead man.
But, what shall now be done for us, in this our Sickness? I Remember the pathetical words of the Despairing Spirae; Its neither Plaster, nor Drugs, that can cure a fainting Soul, cast down with the sense of sin, and the wrath of God: ••s Christ only that must be the Physician. Prepare now, O my Hearers, to Hear of a Physician.
But, what shall now be done for us, in this our Sickness? I Remember the pathetical words of the Despairing Spirae; Its neither Plaister, nor Drugs, that can cure a fainting Soul, cast down with the sense of sin, and the wrath of God: ••s Christ only that must be the Physician. Prepare now, O my Hearers, to Hear of a Physician.
II. The Lord JESUS CHRIST is the Physician of the Sin-sick Soul. There are several Elegant and Endearing Terms, whereby our Saviour describes Himself unto us, as our Saviour. One of those Terms is, that Honourable one of, A Physician. When our Lord Jesus Christ Saves us from our sin, He Saves us from the