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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.
He both desireth, and endeavoureth that others might be not almost, but altogether as he is. None are more spiritually covetous to make Proselytes, then the true Israelites. As the wall which receiveth heat from the Sun, reflecteth it on the passengers: so he wisheth so well to the worst, that they were partakers of the same grace, that they may have fellowship with the Father, and Jesus Christ his Son, John 1.1. Like the Bee he goeth to this and that flower, to this and that Ordinance, and sucketh some sweetness, some spiritual good, and carrieth all home to his house, to his hive. As sin is diffusive, a little leaven, leaveneth the whole lump, 1 Cor. 5. & 6. Some say, they that have the plague are very desirous to infect others: so is grace, like oil spreading; the gracious desire to go to an innumerable company of Angels, with a numerous company of Saints.
He both desireth, and endeavoureth that others might be not almost, but altogether as he is. None are more spiritually covetous to make Proselites, then the true Israelites. As the wall which receiveth heat from the Sun, reflecteth it on the passengers: so he wisheth so wel to the worst, that they were partakers of the same grace, that they may have fellowship with the Father, and Jesus Christ his Sonne, John 1.1. Like the Bee he goeth to this and that flower, to this and that Ordinance, and sucketh some sweetness, some spiritual good, and carrieth all home to his house, to his hive. As sin is diffusive, a little leaven, leaveneth the whole lump, 1 Cor. 5. & 6. Some say, they that have the plague are very desirous to infect others: so is grace, like oil spreading; the gracious desire to go to an innumerable company of Angels, with a numerous company of Saints.
Their examples are amiable, and sometimes