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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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.
2. Christ hath purchased all other Graces; for all Graces are the fruits of the Spirit, and the Spirit is shed on us through Christ. But in stead of proving, let me parley with the Saints. Speak, O ye excellent ones, whence came your lovely Meekness, your undissembled Love, your untired Patience, your holy Unction, your melting Compassions, your broken Hearts, your ⟨p. 264⟩repentant Tears, your Law-engraven Spirits, and all your sweet-smelling Perfumes of Grace? Speak for the Glory of Christ. Methinks I hear them all with one consent cry out, Thus, O thus it is; all our Meekness came from the Lamb, our Love from the beloved one, our Patience from the Captain-sufferer, our Unction from the Christ of God, our Compassions from the bowels of Christ, our broken Hearts from a broken Christ, our repentant Tears from his bleeding Wounds, our Law-engravings are the Epistle of Christ, and all our sweet-smelling Graces are the powders of the merchant, Cant. 3. 6. even of Jesus Christ who bought them all with his sweetest Blood. The Church is the House of God made up of lively stones, floored with Humility, roofed with Knowledge, cemented with Charity, warmed with the fire of Zeal, and filled with the spiritual Glory of heavenly Graces; but Christ is the chief corner-stone which bears up all: all the Churches Humility is from Christ's [Greek or Hebrew] or self-emptying, all our Knowledge from Christ the Sun of righteousness, all its Charity from the Hyperbole of his love, all its Zeal is from a coal of his Altar, and all the spiritual Glory which fills it, comes by the ⟨p. 265⟩way of the East, Ezek. 43. 2. even from Jesus Christ who is [Greek or Hebrew], the East or day-spring of all graces, Luk. 1. 78.
2. Christ hath purchased all other Graces; for all Graces are the fruits of the Spirit, and the Spirit is shed on us through Christ. But in stead of proving, let me parly with the Saints. Speak, O ye excellent ones, whence came your lovely Meekness, your undissembled Love, your untired Patience, your holy Unction, your melting Compassions, your broken Hearts, your