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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 1 › Chapter 3 › Section 7: More Motives to encourage us in this work.
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SECT. VII. More Motives to encourage us in this work.
1 Consider your looking on Jesus will maintain your communion with Jesus; and is not this worth the while? Why Christians! what is this communion with Christ, but very heaven aforehand? hereby we enjoy his person, and all sweet relation to his person, his death, and all the saving fruits, privileges, and influences of his death; hereby we are brought into Christs banqueting-house, 1held in his galleries, his banner over us being love: hereby we are carried up into the Mount with Christ, that we may see him (as it were) transfigured, and may say with Peter, Master, it is good for us to be here, and let us here build Tabernacles. Oh it's an happy thing to have Christ dwell in our hearts, & for us to lodge in Christs bosom! Oh its an happy thing to maintain a reciprocal communication of affairs betwixt Christ and our souls! as thus; he bare our sins, take we his healing: he endured wounds for us, drink we the spiritual balsam that sprang out of his wounds; he took upon him our unrighteousness, do we clothe our selves with his righteousness: he endured pains for us, come we to him, and take his rest to our souls; he embraced our curse and condemnation, do we embrace his blessing, justification, and salvation. To this end do we look on Jesus, if he hide his face by desertions, rest not till we find him; if we find him, hold him fast, let him not go, disturb him not out of our hearts by our corruptions. Thus if we would prize the presence ⟨p. 19⟩of Christ, how comfortably should we maintain and increase our Communion with Christ.
1 COnsider your looking on Jesus will maintain your communion with Jesus; and is not this worth the while? Why Christians! what is this communion with Christ, but very heaven aforehand? hereby we enjoy his person, and all sweet relation to his person, his death, and all the saving fruits, priviledges, and influences of his death; hereby we are brought into Christs banquetting-house,