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A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps clothing. Or, A faithful advice,…A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps cloathing. Or, A faithful advice,…
A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps clothing. Or, A faithful advice, from several ministers of the Gospel, in and near Boston, unto the churches of New-England, relating to the dangers that may arise from impostors, pretending to be ministers. : With a brief history of some impostors, remarkably and seasonably detected written, by one of the ministers in Boston, to assert that advice, and prevent future mischiefs. : [Five lines of Scripture texts]A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps cloathing. Or, A faithful advice, from several ministers of the Gospel, in and near Boston, unto the churches of New-England, relating to the dangers that may arise from impostors, pretending to be ministers. : With a brief history of some impostors, remarkably and seasonably detected written, by one of the ministers in Boston, to assert that advice, and prevent future mischiefs. : [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen, 1700
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First. All the Churches are to Know, That the Lord Jesus Christ Searches the Reins and the Hearts, for the Comfort of such Hearts, as are Sound before Him. Christians, Are your Hearts Vexed with any Temptations, or grieved for any Corruptions? I may say unto you, Let not your Hearts be Troubled: But Know for your ⟨p. 74⟩Comfort, under your Uneasiness, That the Lord Jesus Christ Knows all that renders your Hearts uneasy, and is ready to Succour you. Can you say with him, in Psal. 57.7. My Heart is Fixed, O God, my Heart is Fixed? It is Known to the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was He that Fixed it. Yea, If there be but the least Spark of Grace in thy Heart, O man, Tis all Known unto the Lord Jesus Christ. There is not one Good Motion, but it is the Lord Jesus Christ that Moved it, and He knows what it is. Have any of us been Accused and Reproached by an Angry Generation of men, and are Ill Constructions made of our Faithfulness? What a comfortable Cordial may this be to our Hearts, That our Lord Jesus Christ Knows how Faithful our Hearts have been unto Him? As he said in Job 16.19. Behold, my witness is in Heaven, and my Record is on high; though my Friends do Scorn me: The Servants of the Churches cannot Escape the Severe censures of men, if they do what the Lord Jesus Christ would have them to do: But since all the Churches Know, That the Lord Jesus Christ Searches the Hearts, how Joyfully may we apply unto Him, Lord, Thou knowest my Heart, I have said nothing, I have Writ nothing, I have done just nothing, but what my Heart assured me, it was my Duty to do!
First. All the Churches are to Know, That the Lord Jesus Christ Searches the Reins and the Hearts, for the Comfort of such Hearts, as are Sound before Him. Christians, Are your Hearts Vexed with any Temptations, or grieved for any Corruptions? I may say unto you, Let not your Hearts be Troubled: But Know for your ⟨p. 74⟩Comfort, under your Uneasiness, That the Lord Jesus Christ Knows all that renders your Hearts uneasy, and is ready to Succour you. Can you say with him, in Psal. 57.7. My Heart is Fixed, O God, my Heart is Fixed? It is Known to the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was He that Fixed it. Yea, If there be but the least Spark of Grace in thy Heart, O man, Tis all Known unto the Lord Jesus Christ. There is not one Good Motion, but it is the Lord Jesus Christ that Moved it, and He knows what it is. Have any of us been Accused and Reproached by an Angry Generation of men, and are Ill Constructions made of our Faithfulness? What a comfortable Cordial may this be to our Hearts, That our Lord Jesus Christ Knowes how Faithful our Hearts have been unto Him? As he said in