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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.
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?
III. The Blessed Healer of Souls, will not Heal the Diseases in the Souls of men, until He has made them Sensible of their Diseases. Men must be Sick, before the Lord will Heal them; that is to say, Sensibly Sick. It is not every Sick man that shall be Healed by the Lord, but they who are so Sick, as to see and feel that they need a Physician. There must be a Conviction of Sin, to prepare men for their Deliverance from Sin.