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The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise / by Joseph Alleine.
London : Printed and are to be sold by Nevil Simmons, 1678
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Thus the poor soul doth venture on Christ, and resolvedly adhere to him. Before Conversion, the man made light of Christ, minded the Farm, Friends, Merchandise, more than Christ: Mat. 22. 5. now Christ is to him as his necessary food, his daily bread, the life of his heart, the staff of his life, Phil. 3. 9. His great design is, that Christ may be magnified in him, Phil 1. 20. His heart once said, as they to the Spouse, What is thy beloved, more than another? Cant. 5. 9. He found more sweetness in his merry company, wicked g•mes, earthly delights, ⟨p. 51⟩than in Christ. He took Religion for a fancy, and the talk of great enjoyments for an idle dream. But now to him to live is Christ. He sets light by all that he accounted precious for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, Phil. 3. 8.
Thus the poor soul doth venture on Christ, and resolvedly adhere to him. Before Conversion, the man made light of Christ, minded the Farm, Friends, Merchandise, more than Christ: Mat. 22. 5. now Christ is to him as his necessary food, his daily bread, the life of his heart, the staff of his life, Phil. 3. 9. His great desig• is, that Christ may be magnified in him, Phil• 1. 20. His heart once said, as they to the Spouse, What is thy beloved, more than another? Cant. 5. 9. He found more sweetness in his merry company, wicked g•mes, earthly delights, ⟨p. 51⟩than in Christ. He took Religion for a fancy, and the talk of great enjoyments for an idle dream. But now to him to live is Christ. He sets light by all that he accounted precious for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ,