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A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man…A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man…
A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man / by Richard Steele ...A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man / by Richard Steele ...
London: printed for E. Calvert, 1672
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.
1. There must be a total Receiving of Jesus Christ tendered in the Gospel, when you do take hold of the Lord Jesus, and cleave to him with purpose of heart. As Barnabas pressed them at Antioch, Acts 11. 23. Many have a months mind of Christ, some velleities and wouldings, but wilt thou have him, and cleave to him, and that with purpose of heart? this is sincerity, to receive a whole Christ with a whole heart. Not Christ the Saviour or Refuge only, so most would be willing; but Christ the Prince and Portion also in the land of the living. So David could say, Psal. 142. 5. O Lord, I said thou art my ⟨p. 16⟩refuge, and my portion in the land of the living. How many would fain have the Lord Jesus Christ for their Refuge, when Conscience pinches, affliction presses, or death stares them in the face, but how few will choose him for their portion and happiness in the midst of their outward comforts? the Hypocrite dare not dye without him, the upright Saint cannot live without him. Cant. 1. 4. The upright love th•, and love cannot live contentedly without fruition.
1. There must be a total Receiving of Jesus Christ tendered in the Gospel, when you do take hold of the Lord Jesus, and cleave to him with purpose of heart. As Barnabas prest them at Antioch, Acts 11. 23. Many have a months mind of Christ, some velleities and wouldings, but wilt thou have him, and cleave to him, and that with purpose of heart? this is sincerity, to receive a whole Christ with a whole heart. Not Christ the Saviour or Refuge only, so most would be willing; but Christ the Prince and Portion also in the land of the living. So David could say, Psal. 142. 5. O Lord, I said thou art my ⟨p. 16⟩refuge, and my portion in the land of the living. How many would fain have the Lord Jesus Christ for their Refuge, when Conscience pinches, affliction presses, or death stares them in the face, but how few will choose him for their portion and happiness in the midst of their outward comforts? the Hypocrite dare not dye without him, the upright Saint cannot live without him.