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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.
Sanctification is another thing in the Healing of the Soul. A Soul is made Healthy when 'tis made Holy. In Sanctifying a Soul, the Lord fulfils what is written, Jer. 30.17. I will Restore Health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy Wounds. The Soul is Viciated by Sin. To Extinguish, and Extirpate the Vices of the Soul, is to Heal the Soul. A Sanctified Soul is an Healed one, because the Vic•• of it are taken away. By Holiness the lost Image of God is Renewed in the Soul; and all the powers of the Soul are brought into a better Temper, and Order.
And then, in the Healing of the Soul, there is Consolation also. This is the Healing of the Broken in Heart; and a making of Broken Bones to Rejoice. Thus 'tis said, Isa. 57.18. I will Heal him, & Restore Comforts unto him. A Sad Soul is a Sick Soul. A Grieved Spirit, a Fearful Spirit, is a Wounded Spirit. The Oil of Gladness poured into the Soul, by the Promises of the New Covenant, is the Healing of the Soul.
And then, in the Healing of the Soul, there is Consolation also. This is the Healing of the Broken in Heart; and a making of Broken Bones to Rejoyce. Thus 'tis said, Isa. 57.18. I will Heal him, & Restore Comforts unto him. A Sad Soul is a Sick Soul. A Grieved Spirit, a Fearful Spirit, is a Wounded Spirit. The Oyl of Gladness poured into the Soul, by the Promises of the New Covenant, is the Healing of the Soul.
Well, but who shall be partakers of this Healing?