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Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.

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Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.
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London :: Printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, at the Greyhound in Pauls Church-yard,
1650. [i.e. 1649]
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.
Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.
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"Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A75287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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§. 3. What means hath God appointed to come out of this miserable estate?

1. VVE must enquire after the means of salvation, Luke 3.10, 12. Acts 2.37.—16.29, 30.

2. We must lay hold on seasons and opportunities of grace offered, John 12.35.

3. We must hearken to, and entertain the motions of Gods Spirit, Rev. 3.18, 20.

4. We must seriously consider of our own ways, Haggai 1.5. Luke 15.20.

5. We must go to God by Christ, John 14.6. and 10.9.

6. We must search the Scriptures, Deut. 17.19. Isa. 55.1, 2, 3. John 5.39.

7. We must wait on the word preached, John 5.24. Acts 26.18. Rom. 10.14, 17. 1 Cor 1.18, 21. 1 Pet. 1.23. 1 John 4.6.

8. We must see our sin, Rom. 2.20. Gal. 2.10. have a sense and feeling of sin, Mat. 11.28. Acts 2.37.

9. We must confess our sins, Prov. 28.13. 1 John 1.9.

10. We must be grieved for sin, Isa. 57.15. Mat. 5.4. James 4.9, 10. Zech. 12.10. 2 Cor. 7.10.

11. We must be instant in prayer, Acts 8.22. Rom. 10.13. 2 Thess. 1.11.12. Heb. 4.16.

12. We must endeavor after regeneration, John 3.3, 5. and mortification, Mat. 7.13. Rom. 8.13.

13. We must consider the curse due to us for sin, Ezek. 18.28. Gal. 3.10. Col. 3.6.

14. We must remove all lets or impediments that hinder con∣version, Deut. 12.8. Eph. 4.17.

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15. We must consider that by sin we had an hand in crucifying Christ, Zech. 12.10. Acts 2.36, 37.

16. We must judge our selves, that we be not judged, 1 Cor. 11.31.

17. We must forsake our ways and thoughts, and turn to the Lord, Isa. 55.7. Joel 2.13. Acts 2.38.

18. We must avoid evil society, 2 Cor. 6.17, 18.

19. We must desire after Christ and his righteousness, Mat. 5.6. Rev. 3.18.—21.6.

20. We must believe on the Lord Jesus, John 3.15.—6.35, 65. Acts 16.31. Gal. 3.22. Eph. 2.8.

21. We must rest on Gods Promises in Christ for conversion, Isa. 43.25.—44.21, 22. Ezek. 36.26, 27.

22. We must deny our selves, Mat. 15.24. Luke 14.26.

23. We must be doers of the word, and not hearers onely, James 1.22.

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