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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.
The Archers have shot sorely at thee, the Hunters have made thee the deer of the Chase, singled from the rest of the […], and designed for the Game, for the prey of the •ungry pursuers, quick upon the scent, following upon the scent, with full cry; and yet the beloved of the Lord […] in safety by him, […], […] covereth thee all the day long: thou dwellest between his shoulders. O people of desires, hear the •rauld of God: (glorious office! Lord how unworthy am I of this strange grace, who am not worthy to stoop down and unloose the latchet of thy shoes!) yet here me as an […] of God; unto you O people, it is commanded that you kiss the Son. That you shall down and worship, not the humane Idol, but him whom Jehovah hath set up, and sworn that every k•e shall bow, and every tongue confess to him, or be cast into the burning fiery furnace of his tormenting wrath, seven times hotter, yea seventy times seven than […] was. Unto you it is commanded that you receive his mark in your foreheads, by open and bold profession; in your hands, your right hands by suitable works, in a holy diligent, active conversation; above all in your hearts, there he must be set as a seal (as well as write upon the palms of •our […]) by most vehement fervent affection. ⟨p. 261⟩Let every one of your hearts be all on fire with strongest burning love to the name of Jesus, and offered as a flaming sacri• to him.
The Archers have shot sorely at thee, the Hunters have made thee the deere of the Chase, singled from the rest of the 〈…〉, and design'd for the Game, for the prey of the •ungry pursuers, quick upo• the scent, following upon the scent, with full cry; and yet the beloved of the Lord 〈…〉 in sasety by him, 〈…〉, 〈…〉 cov•reth thee all the day long: thou dwellest between his shoulders. O people of desires, hear the rauld of God: (glorious office! Lord how unworthy am I of this strange grace, who am not worthy to stoop down and unloose the latchet of thy shooes!) yet here me as an of God; unto you O people, it is commanded that you kiss the Son. That you sall down and worship, not the humane Idol, but him whom Jehovah hath set up, and sworn that every ke shall bow, and every tongue confess to him, or be cast into the burning siery surnace os his tormenting wrath, seventimes hotter, yea seventy times seven than was. Unto you it is commanded that you receive his mark in your foreheads, by open and bold profession; in your hands, your right hands by suitable works, in a holy diligent, active conversation; above all in your hearts, there he must be set as a seal (as well as write upon the palms of our ) by most vehement servent affection.