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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.
Secondly, You are the first born of God, Heb. 12. 23. you are come to the general Assembly, the Church of the first born which are ⟨p. 106⟩written in heaven, The Apostle speaks of our privileges as if we were come to heaven already. You [are] come &c. you are Gods Israel; and beside, you are admitted to have fellow ship with Jesus Christ, and by faith are made one with him. Now Christ is Gods first born, and we being joined to him are made one with him. We are joint heirs with Christ. Now the first born had many privileges, As.
Secondly, You are the first born of God, Heb. 12. 23. you are come to the general Assembly, the Church of the first born which are ⟨p. 106⟩written in heaven, The Apostle speaks of our priviledges as if we were come to heaven already. You [are] come &c. you are Gods Israel; and beside, you areadmitted to have fellow ship with Jesus Christ, and by faith are made one with him. Now Christ is Gods first born, and we being joyned to him are made one with him. We are joynt heirs with Christ. Now the first born had many priviledges, As.
(First,) The first-born had the dearest affection, Zach. 12. 10. They shall be in bitterness as one for his first-born. There is the great sorrow, because there run out the great stream of affection, in this respect you are the firstborn of God: you are they that have his dear affection, Eph. 5. 1. You are called the dear children of God. O the dear expressions, that he useth to you, and the dear affections that he hath for you! you are called the dearly beloved of his soul. O what drops of love doth God drop in these sacred leaves of this book? how full is the book of the Canticles? My love, My dove, My undefiled. God doth out bid the love of all the parents in the world. Can a woman forget her sucking child? she may; but I will not forget thee, saith the Lord. The dearest mother when she lets her child out of her hands may forget it, but you are never out of my hands: you are engraven there. O what rolling bowels are there in those words,