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262. On the Concomitants of Faith.
Consent is faith's concomitant, Christ whole
Is inthron'd in a true believers Soul;
The Soul consents t'have Christ, and him to have
On his own terms, as well to rule, as save;
The Saint consents t'have Christ for better or
For worse, purely for love, ne're to part more,
Resigning up all his self-interest,
The best and purest of his love to Christ.
Is inthron'd in a true believers Soul;
The Soul consents t'have Christ, and him to have
On his own terms, as well to rule, as save;
The Saint consents t'have Christ for better or
For worse, purely for love, ne're to part more,
Resigning up all his self-interest,
The best and purest of his love to Christ.
Desire, is a concomitant of faith,
Pants after Christ, the thirsty sinner saith,
O who will give me to drink of that floud
Of living water running in Christ's bloud!
Pants after Christ, the thirsty sinner saith,
O who will give me to drink of that floud
Of living water running in Christ's bloud!
A contrite spir't is a concomitant
Of faith, which the believers do not want;
The spirit of grace, as dew makes the heart soft
And tender, falling down upon it oft:
The soul is even melted into tears,
It weeps for love, no legal terror fears
It as before, oh that against so sweet
A Saviour I sin should once commit;
He with a broken heart reflects upon
A broken Christ, which suffered and hath done
So much for him, thus woful Mary stood
At Jesus feet, and wept a briny flood.
Of faith, which the believers do not want;
The spirit of grace, as dew makes the heart soft
And tender, falling down upon it oft:
The soul is even melted into tears,
It weeps for love, no legal terror fears
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A Saviour I sin should once commit;
He with a broken heart reflects upon
A broken Christ, which suffered and hath done
So much for him, thus woful Mary stood
At Jesus feet, and wept a briny flood.
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