Bill M
January 15th 08, 11:27 AM
More forgery!
"Bill M" > wrote in message
.. .
> of the gospel in general, and that
> the Scriptures are the word of God: others have their minds more
> especially fixed on some particular great doctrine of the gospel, some
> particular truths that they are meditating on, or reading of, in some
> portion of Scripture. Some have such conviction in a much more
> remarkable manner than others: and there are some who never had such a
> special sense of the certainty of divine things impressed upon them,
> with such inward evidence and strength, but who yet have very clear
> exercises of grace; i.e. of love to God, repentance, and holiness. And
> if they be more particularly examined, they appear plainly to have an
> inward firm persuasion of the reality of divine things, such as they did
> not use to have before their conversion. And those who have the most
> clear discoveries of divine truth in the manner that has been mentioned,
> cannot have this always in view. When the sense and relish of the divine
> excellency of these things fades, on a withdrawment of the Spirit of
> God, they have not the medium of the conviction of their truth at
> command. In a dull frame, they cannot recall the idea and inward sense
> they had, perfectly to mind; things appear very dim to what they did
> before. And though there still remains an habitual strong persuasion;
> yet not so as to exclude temptations to unbelief, and all possibility of
> doubting. But then, at particular times, by God's help, the same sense
> of things revives again, like fire that lay hid in ashes. I suppose the
> grounds of such a conviction of the truth of divine things to be just
> and rational; but yet, in some, God makes use of their own reason much
> more sensibly than in others. Oftentimes persons have
>
>
"Bill M" > wrote in message
.. .
> of the gospel in general, and that
> the Scriptures are the word of God: others have their minds more
> especially fixed on some particular great doctrine of the gospel, some
> particular truths that they are meditating on, or reading of, in some
> portion of Scripture. Some have such conviction in a much more
> remarkable manner than others: and there are some who never had such a
> special sense of the certainty of divine things impressed upon them,
> with such inward evidence and strength, but who yet have very clear
> exercises of grace; i.e. of love to God, repentance, and holiness. And
> if they be more particularly examined, they appear plainly to have an
> inward firm persuasion of the reality of divine things, such as they did
> not use to have before their conversion. And those who have the most
> clear discoveries of divine truth in the manner that has been mentioned,
> cannot have this always in view. When the sense and relish of the divine
> excellency of these things fades, on a withdrawment of the Spirit of
> God, they have not the medium of the conviction of their truth at
> command. In a dull frame, they cannot recall the idea and inward sense
> they had, perfectly to mind; things appear very dim to what they did
> before. And though there still remains an habitual strong persuasion;
> yet not so as to exclude temptations to unbelief, and all possibility of
> doubting. But then, at particular times, by God's help, the same sense
> of things revives again, like fire that lay hid in ashes. I suppose the
> grounds of such a conviction of the truth of divine things to be just
> and rational; but yet, in some, God makes use of their own reason much
> more sensibly than in others. Oftentimes persons have
>
>