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Invisibles, realities, demonstrated in the holy life and triumphant death of Mr. John Janeway,…
Invisibles, realities, demonstrated in the holy life and triumphant death of Mr. John Janeway, Fellow of King's College in Cambridge. By James Janeway, Minister of the GospelInvisibles, realities, demonstrated in the holy life and triumphant death of Mr. John Janeway, Fellow of King's Collegde in Cambridge. By James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1674
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.
At the end of the Duty he burst out into a wonderful Passion of joy. (Sure that was joy unspeakable and full of glory!) O what an Amen did he speak, Amen, Amen, Amen, Hallelujah.
It would have made any Christians heart to leap, to have seen and heard, what some saw and heard, at that time; and I question not, but that it will somewhat affect them to hear and read it; though it be scarce possible to speak the half of what was admirable in him: for, it being so much beyond president, it did even astonish and amaze those of us that were about him, ⟨p. 107⟩that our relation must fall hugely short of what was real.
I verily believe that it exceeds the highest Rhetoric, to set out to the life, what this heavenly creature did then deliver. I say again, I want words to speak, and so did he; for, he saw things unutterable: But yet, so much he spake as justly drew the admiration of all that saw him; and I heard an old experienced Christian and Minister say it again and again, That He never saw, nor read, nor heard the like: Neither could we ever expect to see the glories of Heaven more demonstrated to sense, in this World. He talked as if he had been in the third Heavens, and broke out into such words as these,
I verily believe that it exceeds the highest Rhetorick, to set out to the life, what this heavenly creature did then deliver. I say again, I want words to speak, and so did he; for, he saw things unutterable: But yet, so much he spake as justly drew the admiration of all that saw him; and I heard an old experienced Christian and Minister say it again and again, That He never saw, nor read, nor heard the like: Neither could we ever expect to see the glories of Heaven more demonstrated to sense, in this World. He talked as if he had been in the third Heavens, and broke out into such words as these,