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Christs counsel to his languishing church of SardisChrists counsell to his languishing church of Sardis
Christs counsel to his languishing church of Sardis. Or, The dying or decaying Christian, with the means and helps of his recovery and strengthening. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B. of D. late preacher to the inhabitants of S. Mildreds Bread Street, LondonChrists counsell to his languishing church of Sardis. Or, The dying or decaying Christian, with the meanes and helpes of his recovery and strengthening. By Obadiah Sedgwicke, B. of D. late preacher to the inhabitants of S. Mildreds Bredstreet, London
London: printed by Thomas for L. Fawne, 1640
CHRISTS COUNSEL to His languishing CHURCH.CHRISTS COVNSELL to His languishing CHURCH.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2 In conversation: His hand may shrivel and disflourish: that former association of himself with the people of God, may now be no delight, and profitable discourses of heaven and of holiness, may now be much laid aside, there may now drop no such waters from his fountain, and very little good from his society: his candle may burn darkly, and ⟨p. 11⟩with a very imperfect and loosing light.
2 In conversation: His hand may shrivell and disflourish: that former association of himselfe with the people of God, may now be no delight, and profitable discourses of heaven and of holinesse, may now be much laid aside, there may now drop no such waters from his fountaine, and very little good from his society: his candle may burne darkely, and ⟨p. 11⟩with a very imperfect and loosing light.
3 In affection, that flame of love and sea of desires, and Eden of delight, may like a great fire be reduced to a few coals and cinders: Christ puts the Ephesians in mind of their first love that it was left, Revelat. 2. 4. 1though not absolutely for nature, yet eminently for measure, and S. Paul upbraideth the Galatians for that strange coolness in their affections to his person and ministry, whereas at the first, their zeal was so forward, as that their very eyes Gal. 4. 15. were at his service.2
3 In affection, that flame of love and sea of desires, and Eden of delight, may like a great fire be reduced to a few coales and cinders: Christ puts the Ephesians in minde of their first love that it was left, Revelat. 2. 4.