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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
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Hard bones steeped in vinegar and ashes grow so soft that they may be cut with a thread. Give me leave for one half hour to steep thy hard heart in such a mixture; possibly it may be so softened through the operation of the Spirit with the Word,1 that thou mayst become wise unto salvation. Its reported of one Guerricus, that hearing these words read in the Church, And all the days that Adam lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died; All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died; And all the days of Enos was nine hundred and five years, and he died; And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty nine years, and he died, Gen. 5.5. He was so strongly wrought upon by those words, And he died, And he died, that he gave himself wholly to devotion. Friend, if thou hast any dram of true love to thy soul, and its unchangeable condition in the other world, the consideration of death would make a deep impression upon thee.
Hard bones steept in vinegar and ashes grow so soft that they may be cut with a thread. Give me leave for one half hour to steep thy hard heart in such a mixture; possibly it may be so softned through the operation of the Spirit with the Word,1 that thou mayst become wise unto salvation. Its reported of one Guerricus, that hearing these words read in the Church, And all the days that Adam lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died; All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died; And all the days of Enos was nine hundred and five years, and he died; And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty nine years, and he died, Gen. 5.5. He was so strongly wrought upon by those words, And he died, And he died, that he gave himself wholly to devotion. Friend, if thou hast any dram of true love to thy soul, and its unchangeable condition in the other world, the consideration of death would make a deep impression upon thee.
- 1Drexel. Eternit