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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.
Thus I gave my self to the Lord; but then I questioned (2) Will the Lord take me?
Answ. 1. I saw that the Lord desired and commanded me to give him my Heart.
2. I saw that this was pleasing to him, as the Contrary displeasing.
3. I saw that it was fit for him to take me and do what he would with me.
But then I did question, Will the Lord receive me, and take me to do me good everlastingly? Because I gave up my Friends, and the whole Church to the Lord also, as I did my self: And will the Lord take all them?