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The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises
The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657
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.
A blessing in sickness, in poverty, in death, &c. Christ bestows himself upon his Church, he doth pass over himself, and all his by deed of gift, he and all his is yours: As you and all yours are his; your sins, and sorrows all his.
A blessing in sickness, in poverty, in death, &c. Christ bestows himself upon his Church, hee doth pass over himself, and all his by deed of gift, hee and all his is yours: As you and all yours are his; your sins, and sorrows all his.
And all his are yours; his merits, his Spirit. As Christ said to the Father, so may ye to Christ; all thine is mine; his merit, clothing, his blood drink, flesh meat. He is meat, drink, clothes. Christ doth not stay here, but he bestows Heaven upon his Church. It is the Manor house which he hath reserved for his Spouse. Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me, may be where I am, &c. Joh. 17.24.
And all his are yours; his merits, his Spirit. As Christ said to the Father, so may yee to Christ; all thine is mine; his merit, cloathing, his bloud drink, flesh meat. Hee is meat, drink, cloaths. Christ doth not stay here, but hee bestows Heaven upon his Church. It is the Mannor house which hee hath reserved for his Spouse. Father, I will that those whom thou hast given mee, may bee where I am, &c. Joh. 17.24.
They are married together, and co-habitation is a marriage duty, &c.