A covenant to walk with God in an holy stedfastness to maintain the peace of our spirits with God in Christ.: Solemnly entred into by certain persons resolving to live according to, and in the power of the life of Christ in them.
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- A covenant to walk with God in an holy stedfastness to maintain the peace of our spirits with God in Christ.: Solemnly entred into by certain persons resolving to live according to, and in the power of the life of Christ in them.
- Author
- W. S.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by John Field for Philemon Stephens,
- 1646.
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- Christian life
- Conde,Louis, -- prince de,
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"A covenant to walk with God in an holy stedfastness to maintain the peace of our spirits with God in Christ.: Solemnly entred into by certain persons resolving to live according to, and in the power of the life of Christ in them." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A92701.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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To my worthy FRIEND, Mrs A.D.
THe oc∣casion of this solemn engaging our selvs in Covenant with our God, you well remember, & the framing of this
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Model (as you know) was at first for your stay in an holy stedfastnes in the way and life of Christ (to which you had in some measure already attained) and for my own recovery after a long and bitter declining, (God in mercy gave an answera∣ble
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success.) Those expressions of the way of life I have oft received from you, as the fruits of your own blessed Experience gave me the more confi∣dence often to powr out my soul to you (a singular mercy to be interested in a faithful friend) in this I gained
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both ease and re∣feshing to a trou∣bled spirit (and some consolation in so sad a condition I am cast into) in sympathizing with me in these saving experimental pas∣sages which I once enjoyed, though now (in bitter∣nesse) have no∣thing to stay my
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Spirit, but (it was once otherwise) I have now only one suit, to beseech you to accept this your own, as it was first composed for our particulars, and to improve these sweet and spiritual experiences of the love of Christ shed into your heart, & God shall commu∣nicate
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unto you by his spirit daily, in your close walking with him, to esta∣blish your spirit in assurance and im∣mutable cleaving to him in all faithful stedfast∣nesse, according to this our Cove∣nant.
This is the daily prayers of
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him who will be ever found
Your faithful Friend And Servant, W. S.