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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Title: 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.
Author: Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.
Publication: 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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Subject terms: Christian life -- Early works to 1800.; Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.; Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "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 20, 2024.

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§. 2. Whether a Christian in his own apprehension decay∣ing in Grace, may not yet grow in Grace? and if so, What are the reasons of his wrong apprehensions?

TO the first Question it was answered Affirmatively; as in case of temptation, Psal. 73.21, 22, 23. or in a Spiritual de∣sertion, Psal. 51.12. Psal. 88. Isa. 49.14.

To the second Question these reasons were given in:—

1. The neglect of Self-examination.

2. The want of Gods lively Ordinances.

3. A too much eying of our afflictions.

4. A too much poring upon sin, without any thoughts of Christ or Free-grace.

5. The want of the light of Gods amiable countenance.

6. The insensibleness of grace, which is of a Spiritual nature, and not so easily to be perceived.

7. A present deadness or dulness of Spirit.

8. A misapplying of some one or more places of Scripture, as Heb. 6.6, &c.

9. Weakness of knowledge, or want of judgement in such ex∣perimental passages, especially in the beginning of Christianity.

10. The distemper of the soul (especially in desertion) when as in the distemper of the body, a man thinking or speaking idly, we say it is not he, but his sickness; so it is in this case.

In conclusion, these reasons were approved; but we agreed, That all the succeeding Answers or Resolutions should be proved out of Gods holy word.