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Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…
Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...
London: printed for Peter Parker, 1674
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
(First,) Because Souls are the goodly pearls that are of great price with Christ. O there is no Merchandise like to that of Souls. No gain like to the gain of Souls. One Soul is of more worth than all the world. You may see of how great price Souls are with Jesus Christ, by the great price that he laid down for Souls. Did Christ spend, his blood for Souls; and wilt thou not spend thy breath for Souls? This is a principal part of wisdom, to deal like wise Merchants, in goodly pearls. A wise man will not spend his time for trifles, that is Childish; but his wisdom doth appear in the weight of those ⟨p. 51⟩things that he lays out his time and pains upon. Oh if you would appear to be wise, lay out your time and strength for Souls! If thou couldest gain but one Soul, what a happy gain would that be?
(First,) Because Souls are the goodly pearls that are of great price with Christ. O there is no Merchandise like to that of Souls. No gain like to the gain of Souls. One Soul is of more worth than all the world. You may see of how great price Souls are with Jesus Christ, by the great price that he laid down for Souls. Did Christ spend, his blood for Souls; and wilt thou not spend thy breath for Souls? This is a principal part of wisdome, to deal like wise Merchants, in goodly pearls. A wise man will not spend his time for trifles, that is Childish; but his wisdome doth appear in the weight of those ⟨p. 51⟩things that he layes out his time and pains upon. Oh if you would appear to be wise, lay out your time and strength for Souls! If thou couldest gain but one Soul, what a happy gain would that be?
(Secondly,) Because Souls will be the most glorious Crown in the day of Christ. No Crown like to this, the Crown of Souls. The time is coming, when a Crown of Soul• will be found to be of another manner of value than a Crown of gold. What was the Crown that Paul wishes for? It was for the Souls that he had converted. 1 Thes. 1. 19. What is our hope, or joy, or Crown of rejoicing! are not even ye in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? Why were these Pauls Crown? because he had converted them by his Ministry, upon the same account he calls the Philippians (