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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.
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Jan. 28. I considered, being in his Presence, what I did want? And it came in thus: (1) I did want Light, even so much as to make me believe steadfastly. (2) So much Faith as to make me cleave to God constantly. (3) For Want of this I departed from God. (4) By departing, all Woe came a main upon me; both Sin and Misery. And so I understood, better than before, how Unbelief was the Cause of all Woe.
Jan. 28. I considered, being in his Presence, what I did want? And it came in thus: (1) I did want Light, even so much as to make me believe stedfastly. (2) So much Faith as to make me cleave to God constantly. (3) For Want of this I departed from God. (4) By departing, all Woe came a main upon me; both Sin and Misery. And so I understood, better than before, how Unbelief was the Cause of all Woe.
Jan. 30. When I was in Meditation, I saw, When Christ was present, all Blessings were present; as where any were without Christ present, there all Sorrows were. Hence I saw how little of Christ was present in me. I saw I did not cease to be and live of my self, that Christ might be and live in me. I saw that Christ was to do, counsel, direct, and that I should be wholly diffident of my self, and careful for this that he might be all to me. Hence I blessed Christ for showing me this, and mourned for the Want of it.
Jan. 30. When I was in Meditation, I saw, When Christ was present, all Blessings were present; as where any were without Christ present, there all Sorrows were. Hence I saw how little of Christ was present in me. I saw I did not cease to be and live of my self, that Christ might be and live in me. I saw that Christ was to do, counsel, direct, and that I should be wholly diffident of my self, and careful for this that he might be all to me. Hence I blessed Christ for shewing me this, and mourned for the Want of it.