The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion

The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion PDF

Author: Henry Scougal

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780260744289

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Excerpt from The Life of God in the Soul of Man, or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion: With the Methods of Attaining the Happiness Which It Proposes; Also an Account of the Beginnings and Advances of a Spiritual Life (urcharge of new books, that though the many good ones lately pub lifhed do much balance the great {warms of ill, or at leaft needlefs ones; yet all men com lain of the unnecefi'ary charge and trougle many new books put them to; the truth of it is, printing is bea come a tl'adc, and the reffcs mufi be kept going; (0 that if it were but to {baffle out an ill book, a man may be tempted to keep them at work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion

The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion PDF

Author: Henry Scougal

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781230278698

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1792 edition. Excerpt: ... petulancy towards their superiors, or rebellion against their governors, must have the name of Christian courage and resolution. What Religion is. BUT certainly religion is quite another thing, and they who are acquainted with it; will entertain far different thoughts, and disdain all thofe shadows and false imitations of it; They know by experience that true religion is an union of the soul with God, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the foul DEGREES or, in the Apostle's phrase, it is Christ firmed within us. Briefly, I know not bow the nature of religion can be more fully expressed than by calling it a divine life; and under these terms I shall discourse of it, shewing first how it is called a Use, and then how it is termed divine. The permanency and stability of Religion.. I CHOOSF to express it by the name of life, first because of its permanency and stability; Religion is not a sudden start, or passion of the mind, not though it should rise, to the height of a rapture, and feem to transport a man to extraordinary performances. There are few but have convictions of the necessity of doing something for the salvation of their souls, which may push them forward some steps with a great deal of seeming haste, but anon they flag and give over; they were in a hot mood, but now they are cooled; they did shoot shoot forth fresh and high, but are quickly withered, because they had no root in themselves. These sudden fits may be compared to the violent and convulsive motions of bodies newly beheaded, caused by the agitations of the animal spirits.after the foul is departed, which, however violent and impetuous, can be of no long continuance; whereas the motions of holy fouls are constant and regular, ..

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