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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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2. Consider, that your daily necessities call for a frequent looking up unto Jesus; you have need of Christ, you have need that he pray in you, and need that he pray for you to your heavenly Father; you have need that he work in you, and need that he work for you his own blessed will; you have need that he present you and yours blameless before his Fathers presence in life, and death, and at the judgment day; there's not a moment in your life, wherein you stand not in continual need of Jesus Christ; And can a hungry man forget his bread? can the heart that pants for thirst forget the River? can a man in bonds forget freedom? can a child in distress forget a Father in honour and wealth? Oh then let your necessities drive you to Christ; and mind you of Christ; Is not he the fountain that supplies all wants? Christians! consult your own Experiences; when you look up to Jesus, and lean on Jesus, are you not best at rest? O then why do you not always rest and lean upon him? sometime you say, his Bread is sweet, and his Cup is pleasant, how amiable is his Presence? At such a time you have never done wondering at him; O the sweet impression, that are even then on your spirits! why do you not then always look unto him? or at least, why are you not frequent in his disciples posture, who looked steadfastly towards Heaven as Christ went up? 1How richly might your idle hours, and spare time be laid out here, to the supply of all necessities, bodily, or spiritual?
2. Consider, that your daily necessities call for a frequent looking up unto Jesus; you have need of Christ, you have need that he pray in you, and need that he pray for you to your heavenly Father; you have need that he work in you, and need that he work for you his own blessed will; you have need that he present you and yours blameless before his Fathers presence in life, and death, and at the judgment day; there's not a moment in your life, wherein you stand not in continual need of Jesus Christ; And can a hungry man forget his bread? can the heart that pants for thirst forget the River? can a man in bonds forget freedom? can a child in distress forget a Father in honour and wealth? Oh then let your necessities drive you to Christ; and mind you of Christ; Is not he the fountain that supplies all wants? Christians! consult your own Experiences; when you look up to Jesus, and lean on Jesus, are you not best at rest? O then why do you not always rest and lean upon him? sometime you say, his Bread is sweet, and his Cup is pleasant, how amiable is his Presence? At such a time you have never done wondering at him; O the sweet impression, that are even then on your spirits! why do you not then always look unto him? or at least, why are you not frequent in his disciples posture, who looked stedfastly towards Heaven as Christ went up?