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Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that…
Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that we may comfortably walk with God in our general and particular callings: &c. In a letter to a pious friend in England. / By Thomas Shepard, M.A. Formerly of Emmanuel-College in Cambridge in England: afterward Minister of Cambridge in New-England. ; Corrected by four several editions.
Boston: printed by Rogers and Fowle, 1747
MEDITATIONS AND Spiritual Experiences OF Mr. THOMAS SHEPARD.
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.
MEDITATIONS AND Spiritual Experiences OF Mr. THOMAS SHEPARD.
Nov. 25. 1640. I Found my Heart and Mouth straitened on the Lecture-Day, and for want of Enlargement much troubled. Hence I essayed to humble my Soul before God, which the Lord helped me to do in this Manner:
Nov. 25. 1640. I Found my Heart and Mouth straitned on the Lecture-Day, and for want of Enlargement much troubled. Hence I essayed to humble my Soul before God, which the Lord helped me to do in this Manner:
1. I saw the Vanity of Honour, and therefore, why should I be troubled for the Loss of it by the Want of Enlargements?
(1) Because it was but a Conceit in Men's Minds, of it self. (2) Because it was naturally most dear, and so stood between me and Christ.