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Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day showing how Christians…Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day shewing how Christians…
Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day showing how Christians are to bear sufferings, and what graces are requisite thereunto : suited for all good Christians in this present time / by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day shewing how Christians are to bear sufferings, and what graces are requisite thereunto : suited for all good Christians in this present time / by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1682
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.
The fifth Direction for Suffering, is Love to God and Christ. Love to God; such as value him desire him, delight in him, and will and endeavour to serve and honour him: Love to Christ, such as value him, desire him, delight in him, and will and endeavour to serve and honour him.
The fift Direction for Suffering, is Love to God and Christ. Love to God; such as value him desire him, delight in him, and will and endeavour to serve and honour him: Love to Christ, such as value him, desire him, delight in him, and will and endeavour to serve and honour him.
The fist Direction is this; if we would be in a fit posture for suffering, we must get a sincere Love to God and Christ; St.1 Austin saith, That two Loves made two Cities; the Love of self made the Earthly City, the Love of God makes the Heavenly one; the persecutor dwells in the one, and the Martyr in the other. There is an assimilating efficacy in Love whereby it casts the mind into the Mould of the thing beloved;2 If thou love Earth, thou art Earth; if thou Love God, thou art partaker of the Divine Nature, and dost resemble God himself. The greatest impediment to pious suffering is the Love of the World and self; and the greatest preparative to it is the Love of God and Christ. I shall first speak of love to God, as a preparative thereunto; ⟨p. 69⟩and then of Love to Christ as such.
THe fist Direction is this; if we would be in a fit posture for suffering, we must get a sincere Love to God and Christ; St.1 Austin saith, That two Loves made two Cities; the Love of self made the Earthly City, the Love of God makes the Heavenly one; the persecutor dwels in the one, and the Martyr in the other. There is an assimilating efficacy in Love whereby it casts the mind into the Mould of the thing beloved;