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The works of George Swinnock, M.A
The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...
London: printed by J.B. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1665
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 Livery in which this company is attired, is the Royal Robes of Christs righteousness, which renders them without spot or wrinkle, and far more beautiful and amiable then Adam in his estate of unspotted innocency. Their Garments smell of Myr•he, Aloes, and Cassin, and for their richness infinitely surpa•• that clothing which is of wrought gold. Their food is hidden Manna, such meat as endureth to eternal life, the bread that came down from Heaven, the flesh of the Son of God, which is meat indeed, and the blood of the Son of God, which is drink indeed. Their inheritance is a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, a Crown of life, Rivers of pleasures, an eternal weight of glory. Some Societies have boasted, that Kings and Lords have been Free of their Company; ⟨p. 312⟩the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, is both Free and Head of this Society; they are his Hephzibah, his delight; his Segullah, his peculiar treasure. Ah! who would not have communion with them whose communion is with the Father, and Jesus Christ his Son! Lord, let my ambition be to be enrolled a Citizen of Zion, and to walk amongst them, worthy of that vocation wherewith thou hast called me, since the communion of thy Saints here, is some weak resemblance of Heaven, where all thy chosen shall glorify and worship thee without fault and faintness; teach me to hallow thy name, by doing thy will on earth, as it is in heaven.
The Livery in which this company is attired, is the Royal Robes of Christs righteousness, which renders them without spot or wrinkle, and far more beautiful and amiable then Adam in his estate of unspotted innocency. Their Garments smell of Myr•he, Aloes, and Cassin, and for their richness infinitely surpa•• that cloathing which is of wrought gold. Their food is hidden Manna, such meat as endureth to eternal life, the bread that came down from Heaven, the flesh of the Son of God, which is meat indeed, and the blood of the Son of God, which is drink indeed. Their inheritance is a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, a Crown of life, Rivers of pleasures, an eternal weight of glory. Some Societies have boasted, that Kings and Lords have been Free of their Company; ⟨p. 312⟩