The signal diagnostick whereby we are to judge of our own affections : and as well of our present, as future state, or, The love of Christ planted upon the very same turf, on which it once had been supplanted by the extreme love of sin : being the substance of several sermons, deliver'd at several times and places, and now at last met together to make up the treatise which ensues / by Tho. Pierce.

Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691
Publisher: Printed by R N for R Royston
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1670
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A54857 ESTC ID: R12333 STC ID: P2199
Subject Headings: Christian life; Sin;
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In-Text But after a competent tract of Time, as soon as the Acts have been so numerous as to produce their respective Habits, the Acts arising from those Habits will requite the said Patience with ease and pleasure. Shall I exemplifie what I say by any one important duty, which at first gives us Trouble, and after rewards us with Delight? I cannot instance in a fitter than that of Prayer, because 'tis one of the chiefest means, whereby to enter, and to continue, and to complete our conversation with him that bought us. But After a competent tract of Time, as soon as the Acts have been so numerous as to produce their respective Habits, the Acts arising from those Habits will requite the said Patience with ease and pleasure. Shall I exemplify what I say by any one important duty, which At First gives us Trouble, and After rewards us with Delight? I cannot instance in a fitter than that of Prayer, Because it's one of the chiefest means, whereby to enter, and to continue, and to complete our Conversation with him that bought us. cc-acp p-acp dt j n1 pp-f n1, c-acp av c-acp dt n2 vhb vbn av j p-acp pc-acp vvi po32 j n2, dt n2 vvg p-acp d n2 vmb vvi dt j-vvn n1 p-acp vvb cc n1. vmb pns11 vvi r-crq pns11 vvb p-acp d crd j n1, r-crq p-acp ord vvz pno12 n1, cc p-acp n2 pno12 p-acp n1? pns11 vmbx n1 p-acp dt jc cs d pp-f n1, c-acp pn31|vbz crd pp-f dt js-jn n2, c-crq pc-acp vvi, cc p-acp vvb, cc p-acp j po12 n1 p-acp pno31 cst vvd pno12.




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