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Title:  Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...
Author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.
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to apprehend the breadth, and length, and depth, and heighth of the Love of God, and to know the Love of Christ, which passeth knowledg, to be filled with all the fullnesse of God, as the Scripture speaks, Eph. 3.18, 19.Quest. But you will say, How shall I do this? what may I do to increase my assurance, and bet∣ter my evidence?Answ. If thou wouldest increase thy as∣surance, and better thy evidence, thou must do these eight things.1. Thou must diligently and conscionably continue to use all those means and ordinan∣ces, for the increasing of thy assurance, which thou didst use for the getting of it, and labour to be made better by those meanes thou usest.2. Labour to grow up into Christ the head, from whom all the body, by joynts and bands, and all our graces by participation of his fulnesse, have nouishment ministred unto them, and in∣crease with the increase of God.Labour to grow in grace dai∣ly.3. Dye daily unto sinne, and live unto righteousnesse, Labour to be more like God and Heaven daily, if thou wouldest have more as∣surance of thy interest in God and Heaven.4. In the fourth place, if thou wouldest in∣crease thy assurance, stir up the gift of God, that is in thee; exercise and act grace, Labour to grow and increase in grace, to be strong in grace, in all grace; but especially in the grace of faith; He that increaseth knowledg (saith Solomon) increaseth sorrow; so he that in∣creaseth faith increaseth assurance.5. In the fifth place, If thou wouldest still injoy thy assurance and increase it, then la∣bour 0