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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
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 godly man in the lowest ebb of creatures may have an high-tide of comforts, because he hath ever the God of all Consolations. As Jezebel her idolatrous priests, so in the greatest outward famine God entertaineth his people at his own table; and surely that's neither mean, nor sparing: As their afflictions abound, their consolations by Christ superabound: 2. Cor. 1.5. The world layeth on crosses, and ⟨p. 124⟩Christ layeth in comforts. Men make grievous sores, and God provides precious salves. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him, Lamen. 3.24. If you mind the season, you may a little admire at the Churches solace; The whole Book is but a pathetical description of her Tragical condition; and is generally concluded to be written by Jeremiah in the time of the Babylonish Captivity, when her Land was wasted, her people enslaved, her Sabbaths ceased, and her Temple profaned; yet this Bird of Paradise sings in a Cage, and in this hard winter, The Lord is my Portion, saith my Soul, therefore will I hope in him.
The godly man in the lowest ebbe of creatures may have an high-tide of comforts, because he hath ever the God of all Consolations. As Jezabel her idolatrous priests, so in the greatest outward famine God entertaineth his people at his own table; and surely thats neither mean, nor sparing: As their afflictions abound, their consolations by Christ superabound: 2. Cor. 1.5. The world layeth on crosses, and ⟨p. 124⟩Christ layeth in comforts. Men make grievous sores, and God provides precious salves. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him, Lamen. 3.24. If you mind the season, you may a little admire at the Churches solace; The whole Book is but a pathetical description of her Tragical condition; and is generally concluded to be written by Jeremy in the time of the Babylonish Captivity, when her Land was wasted, her people enslaved, her Sabbaths ceased, and her Temple prophaned; yet this Bird of Paradise sings in a Cage, and in this hard winter, The Lord is my Portion, saith my Soul, therefore will I hope in him.