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The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians…The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians…
The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians privilege in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramental approaches, danger if he do not sanctify God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians priviledge in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramentall approaches, danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for A. Kembe, 1644
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. Them who never enjoyed the Ordinances, who sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, who never had a Christ, a Gospel discovered to them. Oh, pity and pray for them, that the Word of the Lord might run & be glorified, that God would enlarge the bounds of his sanctuary, stretch forth the Curtains of his Tabernacle, that the eyes of Nations might be opened, that the fullness of the Gentiles might be brought in, & that they might fly to the Church as Doves into the windows, which is prophesied, Isa. 60.8. And wth them, Oh, remember that ancient nation, the Jews, who have drawn near to God in Ordinances, but now at distance with him, and even set at further distance by the use of those Ordinances, whereby formerly they drew near; Oh remember them! that that blood which they imprecated upon themselves for a curse, may now be upon them for a blessing, ⟨p. 12⟩that it may lie no longer upon their heads, but now be sprinkled upon their hearts, and be in veniam wch hath been so long in vindictam; That as it was said of the Gentiles, so it may now be said of the Jews, That unto them is granted repentance to life.
1. Them who never enjoyed the Ordinances, who sit in darknesse, and in the shadow of death, who never had a Christ, a Gospel discovered to them. Oh, pity and pray for them, that the Word of the Lord might run & be glorified, that God would inlarge the bounds of his sanctuary, stretch forth the Curtains of his Tabernacle, that the eyes of Nations might be opened, that the fulness of the Gentiles might be brought in, & that they might flie to the Church as Doves into the windows, which is prophesied, Isa. 60.8. And wth them, Oh, remember that antient nation, the Jews, who have drawn neere to God in Ordinances, but now at distance with him, and even set at further distance by the use of those Ordinances, whereby formerly they drew neer; Oh remember them! that that blood which they imprecated upon themselves for a curse, may now be upon them for a blessing, ⟨p. 12⟩that it may lie no longer upon their heads, but now be sprinkled upon their hearts, and be in veniam wch hath been so long in vindictam; That as it was said of the Gentiles, so it may now be said of the Jewes, That unto them is granted repentance to life.