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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.
But God is all good things, and every good thing; he is self-sufficient, alone-sufficient, and all-sufficient; nothing is wanting in him, either for the Souls protection from all evil, or perfection with all good. Reader, if God were thy portion, thou shouldst find in him whatsoever thine heart could desire, and whatsoever could tend to thy happiness. Art thou ambitious? he is a crown of Glory, and a royal Diadem. Art thou covetous? he is unsearchable riches, yea durable riches and righteousness. Art thou voluptuous? He is rivers of pleasures, and fullness of joy. Art thou hungry? He is a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow. Art thou weary? He is rest, a shadow from the heat, and a shelter from the storm. Art thou weak? In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. Art thou in doubts? he is marvellous in counsel. Art thou in darkness? He is the Sun of righteousness, an eternal light. Art thou sick? He is the God of thy health. Art thou sorrowful? He is the God of all consolations. Art thou dying? He is the fountain and Lord of life. Art thou in any distress? ⟨p. 170⟩His name is a strong tower; thither thou mayst run and find safety. He is [Greek or Hebrew], an universal Medicine against all sorts of miseries. Whatsoever thy calamity is, he could remove it; whatsoever thy necessity, he could relieve it. He is silver, gold, honour, delight, food, raiment, house, land, peace, wisdom, power, beauty, father, mother, wife, husband, mercy, love, grace, glory, and infinitely more then all these. God and all his creatures are no more then God without any of his creatures.1 As the Jews say of Manna, that it had all sorts of delicate tastes in it, it is most true of God; he hath all sorts of delights in him. This tree of life beareth twelve manner of fruits (Revel. 22.2.) every month. There is in it both variety and plenty of comforts. The former prevents our loathing, the latter our lacking.
But God is all good things, and every good thing; he is self-sufficient, alone-sufficient, and all-sufficient; nothing is wanting in him, either for the Souls protection from all evill, or perfection with all good. Reader, if God were thy portion, thou shouldst find in him whatsoever thine heart could desire, and whatsoever could tend to thy happiness. Art thou ambitious? he is a crown of Glory, and a royall Diadem. Art thou covetous? he is unsearchable riches, yea durable riches and righteousness. Art thou voluptuous? He is rivers of pleasures, and fulness of joy. Art thou hungry? He is a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow. Art thou weary? He is rest, a shadow from the heat, and a shelter from the storm. Art thou weak? In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. Art thou in doubts? he is marvellous in counsell. Art thou in darkness? He is the Sun of righteousness, an eternall light. Art thou sick? He is the God of thy health. Art thou sorrowfull? He is the God of all consolations. Art thou dying? He is the fountain and Lord of life. Art thou in any distress?