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The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a white garment held forth…The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a vvhite garment held forth…
The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a white garment held forth in a farewell sermon / preached by Mr. Joseph Caryl at Magnus, August the 17, 1662.The white robe, or, The undefiled Christian clothed in a vvhite garment held forth in a farewel sermon / preached by Mr. Joseph Caryl at Magnus, August the 17, 1662.
London : s.n., 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A SERMON PREACHED BY Mr. JOSEPH CARYL, August the 17. 1662. at Magnus.
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.
So thirdly, 'tis a truth of walking with Christ in the white of glory, as in the Transfiguration, which was a Type of Heaven, his raiment was white, so as no Fuller on earth was able to whiten it; and that is it which I might have spoken of to ye, that they who keep their garments undefiled here, shall be sure of that to walk with Christ in glory hereafter. If we should miss of the ⟨p. 18⟩white of honour, and have not much of the white of joy, yet be sure we shall walk with Christ in the white of Glory.
I would only say this to you, That as I have from this Text, and many more, laboured to bring poor Souls into a white state, to a state of Justification, to a state of Holiness; and as I have been pressing you to keep your garments white, that you may be in the habit of white, as your Reward; so it shall be the desire and prayers of my heart, that if I should have no more opportunities among you, that as you have been stirred up to get into this white of Grace, that you and I may meet in the white of Glory, where we shall never part.
I would onely say this to you, That as I have from this Text, and many more, labored to bring poor Souls into a white state, to a state of Justification, to a state of Holiness; and as I have been pressing you to keep your garments white, that you may be in the habit of white, as your Reward; so it shall be the desire and prayers of my heart, that if I should have no more opportunities among you, that as you have been stirred up to get into this white of Grace, that you and I may meet in the white of Glory, where we shall never part.
Here are three white: The white of Honour is good, the white of Peace and Joy is very good, the white of Glory is best of all, that is the answer of all our Prayers, and that is the issue of all our Working, then we shall have as much as we can hold for ever.