A26687:230
Christian letters full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of…
Christian letters full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of godliness, both in person and families.
London : Printed for and sold by Nevil Simmons and Dorman Newman, 1673
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.
In this, my dear Brethren, in this rejoice, and again I ⟨p. 84⟩say rejoice, that God is engaged in so near and so sweet relation to you. Doubtless your Souls shall lodge in goodness, and be provided for carefully, and lie down in everlasting safety, that have the Almighty for our Shepherd. Blessed are the Flock of his hands, and the Sheep of his Pasture, happy is the People that is in such a case.
In this, my dear Brethren, in this rejoyce, and again I ⟨p. 84⟩say rejoyce, that God is ingaged in so near and so sweet relation to you. Doubtless your Souls shall lodge in goodness, and be provided for carefully, and lie down in everlasting safety, that have the Almighty for our Shepherd. Blessed are the Flock of his hands, and the Sheep of his Pasture, happy is the People that is in such a case.
But who are Christs Sheep?
Not all Professors, I beseech you take heed how you rest in Profession. It is not Profession, but Conversion that turns a man from a Swine to a Sheep. Let none of you be deceived, nor flatter your selves, that because you bear the name of Christians, and do many things, and have escaped the open gross pollutions of the World, therefore you are surely among the number of Christs true Sheep. All this you may attain to, and yet be but washed Swine; here must be an inward deep and through and universal Change upon your Natures, Dispositions, Inclinations, or else you are not Christs Sheep.
Not all Professors, I beseech you take heed how you rest in Profession. It is not Profession, but Conversion that turns a man from a Swine to a Sheep. Let none of you be deceived, nor flatter your selves, that because you bear the name of Christians, and do many things, and have escaped the open gross pollutions of the VVorld, therefore you are surely among the number of Christs true Sheep. All this you may attain to, and yet be but washed Swine; here must be an inward deep and thorow and universal Change upon your Natures, Dispositions, Inclinations, or else you are not Christs Sheep.