The conquest of temptations, or Mans victory over Satan especially, the great assaults, at the agony of death, full of very strong and effectuall consolations, to sustaine and comfort the weakest heart, in the greatest conflicts which can befall a Christian in the vvhole course of of life, and approach of death / gathered by the holy and deuout labour of Iohn Gerard, doctor of diuinitie, and superintendent of Heldburge ; newly Englished by Rich. Bruch, minister of Gods word.
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- The conquest of temptations, or Mans victory over Satan especially, the great assaults, at the agony of death, full of very strong and effectuall consolations, to sustaine and comfort the weakest heart, in the greatest conflicts which can befall a Christian in the vvhole course of of life, and approach of death / gathered by the holy and deuout labour of Iohn Gerard, doctor of diuinitie, and superintendent of Heldburge ; newly Englished by Rich. Bruch, minister of Gods word.
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- Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.
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- London :: Printed by T.S. for Roger Iackson, and to be solde in Fleetstreet neere the great Conduit,
- 1614.
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"The conquest of temptations, or Mans victory over Satan especially, the great assaults, at the agony of death, full of very strong and effectuall consolations, to sustaine and comfort the weakest heart, in the greatest conflicts which can befall a Christian in the vvhole course of of life, and approach of death / gathered by the holy and deuout labour of Iohn Gerard, doctor of diuinitie, and superintendent of Heldburge ; newly Englished by Rich. Bruch, minister of Gods word." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72164.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 25, 2024.
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of the holy Ghost, hée may kindie faith in thy heart, onely doe not thou put away that word, neither resist the work∣ing of the holy Ghost, in short time thou shalt féele most plentifull fruit of the word. For if God seriously would haue thée to beléeue, surely he will also worke in thée that beliefe, if thou doe not resist his will with actuall stubbornnesse. Thou sayest that thou canst not beléeue, and yet thou art constrained to confesse, that thou doest sigh vnto Christ, and desire his benefits, that same sighing, that same desiring is the beginning of faith. The holy Ghost will bring to passe, will surely bring to passe that worke of faith, which hée hath begun in thée; take héede onely that thou doe not put by his wholsome operation. Thou oughtest not to resolue, that the sense and mouing of faith kindled in thy heart, is first to be expected, before that thou wilt heare, meditate, and receiue the word of the Gospell. This is a peruerse opinion, which take héede that thou sucke not in, that thou put not vpon thée: this is a peruerse order, which take héede, that thou doe not follow. In the Schoole of the holy Ghost wée must take our begin∣ning from the hearing and meditation of the word, by that meanes thou art brought vnto faith, by faith vnto the féeling of faith. Thou sayest that thou canst not beléeue, therefore thou oughtest to heare the word, meditate on it, and receiue it into thy heart, that thou mayest beléeue. GOD giues his holy spirit to those that
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aske, and yet without the grace of the ho∣ly Ghost we cannot aske: so God giues faith to them that sigh after it, and yet without the beginning of faith we cannot sigh after it. For a surety faith riseth with a certaine wrastling in the heart, it is en∣creased with wrastling, it is performed in the heart with wrastling, and that which we cannot doe of our selues, wée are able to doe by his gift, which hath said: No man commeth vnto mee, vnlesse the Father draw him. Euery one that heareth of my Fa∣ther and learneth, he commeth vnto me, him that commeth vnto me, I will not cast forth. If thou art not yet drawne, pray that thou mayest be drawne: heare and learne, that thou mayest come vnto Christ.
Notes
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Phil. 4 13.
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Luk. 11.13
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Ioh. 6.44.