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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
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4. We know not how soon we may be deprived of Ordinances; we have played with the breasts, ⟨p. 24⟩and God might put them up; we have sinned in the light, and God might put out our light. How justly might God remove his Candlesticks, let out his Vineyard to other Husbandmen, and seek for other ground to sow the seed of his Ordinances upon; seeing the ground where it hath been sown hath brought forth so little fruit, how deservedly might he suffer us to wish and wander to enjoy one of the days of the Son of man which we have enjoyed?
4. We know not how soon we may be deprived of Ordinances; wee have play'd with the breasts, ⟨p. 24⟩and God might put them up; we have sinn'd in the light, and God might put out our light. How justly might God remove his Candlesticks, let out his Vineyard to other Husbandmen, and seek for other ground to sow the seed of his Ordinances upon; seeing the ground where it hath been sown hath brought forth so little fruit, how deservedly might hee suffer us to wish and wander to injoy one of the days of the Son of man which we have injoyed?
But though God do not take away the Ordinances from us, yet he may take us from the Ordinances, and that not only by death, but in life it self; and a sad thought this will bring to thy soul, when conscience shall report to you, your former negligence in the use of Ordinances.—
But though God do not take away the Ordinances from us, yet hee may take us from the Ordinances, and that not only by death, but in life it self; and a sad thought this will bring to thy soul, when conscience shall report to you, your former negligence in the use of Ordinances.—