A26694:412
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.
(Thirdly,) You should trim up all your Lamps, you should snuff all your lights, and trim up all your lamps, to go forth to meet him, And receive him and feed upon him when he is offered: he is held out to you on purpose, in the Gospel, for you to take and receive him. Gal. 3. 1. Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been ardently set forth crucified among you. But you will say was Christ […] in Galatia? he was in the preaching of the word: he was crucified among them.
(Thirdly,) You should trim up all your Lamps, you should snu•f all your lights, and trim up all your lamps, to go forth to meet him, And receive him and feed upon him when he is offered: he is held out to you on purpose, in the Gospel, for you to take and receive him. Gal. 3. 1. Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been ardently set forth crucified among you. But you will say was Christ 〈…〉 in Galatia? he was in the preaching of the word: he was crucified among them.
Secondly, You must meet him as redeemed captives do their deliverer, would you know how ⟨p. 181⟩this is? it is with palms of victory in your hands with garments of salvation; with songs of deliverance. These are the three things wherein this stands. you have all together, in Rev. 7, 9, 10. They were in white robes, the garments of Salvation: and palms of victory, and they had the songs of salvation too, ver. 10. Oh Brethren, if you have any sense of your spiritual bondage and captivity, to be the servants of sin, under the fear of death, under the King of terrors; then be glad in your redeemer meet him with songs of praise. O how should the high praises of God be heard in your mouths? you should meet him as the virgins did David at his return from his victory,