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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.
2. In the gold of his grace, that God hath la•d out upon m•n. Grace is called the true Riches, and this hath been laid out upon man, Rev. 3. 18. It is called gold, yea 'tis much more precious than gold. When you see the Qu•n attired in Gold, Psal. 45. all this is to set forth the Grace that is upon the Saints of God. I tell thee Christian, thou that hast but one dram of Grace, he hath give• thee more than if he had given thee a whole world. In the Creation there were some footsteps of God upon other Creatures; but upon man there was his Image. And now that God should distinguish thee from others by one dram of Grace, this is admirable!
2. In the gold of his grace, that God hath la•d out upon m•n. Grace is call'd the true Riches, and this hath been laid out upon man, Rev. 3. 18. It is called gold, yea 'tis much more precious than gold. When you see the Qu•n attired in Gold, Psal. 45. all this is to set forth the Grace that is upon the Saints of God. I tell thee Christian, thou that hast but one dram of Grace, he hath give• thee more than if he had given thee a whole world. In the Creation there were some footsteps of God upon other Creatures; but upon man there was his Image. And now that God should distinguish thee from others by one dram of Grace, this is admirable!
Secondly. It appears what great account this great God hath of this poor thing, Man, in what he hath laid up for him. This makes the Psalmist to cry out as one overcome with admiration,