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Christs napkin
Christs napkin: or, A sermon preached in Kirkcudbright at the Communion, May 12. 1633. By that flower of the Church; famous, famous, Mr. Samuel Rutherfurd. Never before printedChrists napkin: or, A sermon preached in Kirkcubright at the Communion, May 12. 1633. By that flower of the Church; famous, famous, Mr. Samuel Rutherfurd. Never before printed
Scotland? : s.n., ca. 1660
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.
Use 2. There is an Ill coming on this Land; Sin is not come to a full Harvest. GOD's Bairns that can now Mourn for their own Sins, and the Sins of the Land, Rejoice in Heaven; ⟨p. 7⟩there is never seen a Greeting Bairn there: GOD has a Napkin to dight their Faces. It is the Laughing, Rejoicing People that GOD Destroys.
Vse 2. There is an Ill coming on this Land; Sin is not come to a full Harvest. GOD's Bairns that can now Mourn for their own Sins, and the Sins of the Land, Rejoice in Heaven; ⟨p. 7⟩there is never seen a Greeting Bairn there: GOD has a Napkin to dight their Faces. It is the Laughing, Rejoicing People that GOD Destroys.
He that Sate upon the Throne. John heareth more of Christ, a Sweet Speech. Here Three Things, 1. A Speaker. 2. A Speech. 3. A Direction to keep the Speech. Who spake the Speech is not told; whether an Angel or an Earthly King; For they sit on Thrones also: But it is He of whom it is said, Rev. 4. 2. And a Throne was set, and one sat on the Throne. John tells not his Name. But he thinketh so much of him that he takes it as granted, that there is none Worthy to be a King but He, and to sit upon a Throne but He. The Saints measures all the Affections of others by their own Affections; As if one speared at John who is He that Sits upon the Throne? He would have answered, what needs you spear, Is there any in Heaven or Earth in my Estimation Worthy to be a King but He? and to Sit upon a Throne but He? and to take a Crown but He upon His Head? The Saints sets ay Christ His alone, they set Him ay above all: Speak of Kings to them, but Christ is out of play. So Cant. 2. The Kirk Meeting with the Watchmen, saith, Saw ye Him whom my Soul loveth? What kenned the Watchmen Him whom her Soul loveth? For she might have loved a Lown, or a Harlot, or an Idol-god, or the World: But she measureth the Watchmen by her Self; there was none in her Mind but Christ: And therefore she needed not to tell them as she thought. So Mary Magdalen,