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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.
And here I am in such a field that I know not the way out, you are the members of Christ, the children of your father which is in heaven: what hath God done for you! O you that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. You may stand amazed to see what the Lord hath wrought •or your souls. This is the Life of all, when ⟨p. 149⟩you can remember the everlasting loving kindness of God to you. O friends consider now, you that are the Lords peculiar people; consider what God hath done for you above all other people.
And here I am in such a field that I know not the way out, you are the members of Christ, the children of your father which is in heaven: what hath God done for you! O you that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. You may stand amazed to see what the Lord hath wrought •or your souls. This is the Life of all, when ⟨p. 149⟩you can remember the everlasting loving kindnesse of God to you. O friends consider now, you that are the Lords peculiar people; consider what God hath done for you above all other people.
Consider he hath made you, the people of his choice. The pillars of his name. The vessels of his glory. The Temples of his presence. The Trumpets of his praise. The men of his Counsel. The Jewels of his Crown. The Inheritors of his Kingdom. Herein God hath done more for you then for others: and should not you do more than others? look upon these things, and see then whether you should not do more for God than others.
First, You are the people of his choice, when others are but the refuge. You are the pillars of his name, when others are but broken and useless pot-shards. You are the vessels of his glory, when others are the vessels of his wrath. You are the Temples of his presence, when others are the sties of uncleanness. You are the Trumpets of his praise, when others are the instruments of unrighteousness. You are the men of his Counsel, when others are strangers and Aliens. You are the Jewels of his Crown, when others are but the dross and lumber. You are the Inheritors of his Kingdom, whe others are the Sons of perdition. Look over these things, and see what God hath done for you more than he hath done for others.