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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 5 › Chapter 3 › Section 3: Of Christ's Reception of sinners.
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.
we see mercy is not nice, When I passed by (saith God) I saw thee polluted in thy own blood, and I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, live; that very time of her blood, was the time of love; then the Lord spread his Spirit over her, and covered her nakedness, and swore unto her, 1and entered into a Covenant with her, and she became his. 6. He ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; who would have brooked a person in so filthy a pickle? what? kiss those lips that have been so lately lapping in the hogs trough? those lips that had so often kissed those base, and beggarly, and abominable Harlots? one would think he should rather have kicked, than kissed him: there is a passage somewhat like this, and Esau ran to meet Jacob, 2and he embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; before he had thought to have killed him, but now he kissed him; its not to tell how dear the Father was to his Prodigal Son, when he ran, and fell on his neck, and embraced, and kissed him. The scope of the Parable is this, that Christ is willing and glad to receive sinners:3 Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye dye O house of Israel?
we see mercy is not nice, When I passed by (saith God) I saw thee polluted in thy own blood, and I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, live; that very time of her blood, was the time of love; then the Lord spread his Spirit over her, and covered her nakedness, and swore unto her, 1and entred into a Covenant with her, and she became his. 6. He ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; who would have brooked a person in so filthy a pickle? what? kiss those lips that have been so lately lapping in the hogs trough? those lips that had so often kissed those base, and beggarly, and abominable Harlots? one would think he should rather have kicked, than kissed him: there is a passage somewhat like this, and Esau ran to meet Jacob, 2