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Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…
Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Balliol College in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Baliol Colledge in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.
London: printed by E.M. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1659
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.
If it be so good to draw near to God on earth, Psal. 73. ult. and if they are blessed that watch at Wisdoms gates, and wait at the posts of her doors, Prov. 8.34. how good will it be to draw near to God in heaven; and how blessed are they that (wait not at the door, but) dwell in that house!
If it be so good to draw neer to God on earth, Psal. 73. ult. and if they are blessed that watch at Wisdomes gates, and wait at the posts of her doors, Prov. 8.34. how good will it be to draw neer to God in heaven; and how blessed are they that (wait not at the door, but) dwell in that house!
How pleasant will it be for the soul, when it's eyes shall be strengthened to see God as he is, without the spectacles of Ordinances. We esteem that honey sweetest which is sucked immediately out of the comb (though honey out of a dish is sweet) and we do with more delight eat that fruit which we gather ourselves from the tree, than we do that which is brought to us through others hands: The enjoyment of God is so sweet in the dish of a Duty, that a Christian would sooner lose the best friend he hath than it: But O how sweet will it be in the ⟨p. 53⟩comb of immediate communion! This fruit is very delightful and pleasant, as it is conveyed through the hands of Ministers (though the liquor will sent of the cask) but O with what delight (Christian, canst thou read it, and thy heart not warmed with joy?) with what pleasure wilt thou with thine own hands gather this fruit from the Tree of life, that standeth in the midst of Paradise? Rev. 22