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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 21, 2024.

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§. 9. What motives to Evangelical Repentance?

1. SIn laid open before us, to the conviction of conscience, Acts 2.37, 38.

2. A consideration of Gods Judgements threatned, Ezek. 18.30. Jonah 3.4, 5. Jer. 4.3, 4.—6.26.—26.4. Amos 4.12. Luke 13.3, 5. Rev. 2.4, 5, 16.

3. A consideration of the Lords chastisements and corrections on us, Lam. 3.19, 20. Rev. 3.19.

4. A fear of the enemy prevailing against us and over us, Judges 10.9, 10, 15, 16. 2 Chron. 12.5, 6. Jer. 6.26.

5. A fear of Gods removing the Candlestick from us, Rev. 2.5.

6. A consideration of the great Judgement-day, Acts 17.30, 31.

7. A consideration of Gods mercies and grace, Hosea 6.1. Jer. 18.8. Joel 2.13. Zech. 1.3.

8. A consideration of Gods patience and goodness, Rom. 2.4. 2 Pet. 3.9.

9. A consideration of Gods travellings after our souls salva∣tion, Ezek. 33.11.

10. The approaching of Gods Kingdom, or of the beauty of Religion, Mat. 3.2, 4. Mark 1.15. Acts 17.30. Ezek. 43.10, 11.

11. A consideration of the Promises of Remission upon our Repentance, Isa. 55.6, 7. Ezek. 18.21, 22. Acts 3.19.

12. A consideration of the Promise of Life upon Repentance, Ezek. 18.32, 38.

13. A consideration of the Promise of Gods communion and fellowship with us, Isa. 57.15.

14. A consideration of Christ crucified for us, Zech. 12.10, 11.

15. A consideration of Gods former dealings with us in mer∣cy, Hosea 12.3, 4, 5, 6.

16. A hope and belief of Gods acceptance when we come to him, Jer. 3.22.

17. The publication of Christs marriage with our poor souls, Jer. 3.14.

18. A consideration of those comforts that await Repentance, Mat. 5.4. Luke 15.7, 17, 18.

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