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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.
1. He hath opened your eyes, when others are in blindness. Brethren! what a change is this? How many do you see that live where the Gospel is Preached, and yet remain ignorant? O! what thankfulness should this provoke you to? You are restored to your spiritual sense. Before, you thought it the smallest matter in the world to sin against God: Now, you look upon it after another manner. O how should you bless God in those words of our Saviour, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. O! How many be there of the wise men, & great men of the world that have their eyes closed? God hath hid these things from them that they cannot see them: But your eyes see, give God the glory.
1. He hath opened your eyes, when others are in blindness. Brethren! what a change is this? How many do you see that live where the Gospel is Preached, and yet remain ignorant? O! what thankfulness should this provoke you to? You are restor'd to your spiritual sense. Before, you thought it the smallest matter in the world to sin against God: Now, you look upon it after another manner. O how should you bless God in those words of our Saviour, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. O! How many be there of the wise men, & great men of the world that have their eyes closed? God hath hid these things from them that they cannot see them: But your eyes see, give God the glory.
2. He hath bored your Ears, when others are in deafness. When others are like the deaf Adder, he hath given you the hearing Ear, the obedient Ear; O! consider this, and be thankful. Thou hast of thy self a heart ⟨p. 308⟩as obstinate as any other heart i• the world. Now if God hath given thee ears to hear, O bless his Name! How often may we call upon a Dead man, and he never hear? so we may call upon dead souls, and they hear not, with their souls at least, though they hear with their ears.