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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 20, 2024.

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Dispositions required in this case, and to be prayed for.

Jer. 29.12, 13. Then sh••ll ye call upon me, and ye shall go, and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you; and ye shall seek me, and finde me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Jer. 31.9. They shall come with weeping, and with sup∣plications will I lead them.

Dan. 3.15. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace.

Isa. 24.15. Wherefore glorifie ye the Lord in the fires.

Psal. 64.9, 10. And all men shall fear, and shall de∣clare the work of God: for they shall wisely consider of his doing; the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him, and all the upright shall glo∣ry.

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Psa. 66.13, 14. I wil pay thee my vows which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken.

Psa. 66.20. Blessed be God, which hath not tur∣ned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Psa. 30.3▪ 12. Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit;— to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

Psal. 62.10. If riches encrease, set not your heart upon them.

Prov. 30.8. Remove far from me vanity and lyes, give me neither po∣verty nor riches: feed me with food conveni∣ent for me.

Matth. 10.16. Be ye wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matth. 10.26. Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known.

Matth. 10.28. But rather fear him, who is able to de∣stroy both soul and body in hell.

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