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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.
Now this is the way to it. The life of Christianity consisteth in an hearty dedication of thy self and all thou hast to Christ. When thou hast done this thou art a Christian indeed.
The excellency of every thing standeth in two things;1 first, the perfection of beauty in which it was made; and the perfection of use for which it was made; now ⟨p. 195⟩the beauty of man consisteth in this, that he was made like unto God, Gen. 1 26. and his end and use is this, that he was made for God; first to serve him, and after to enjoy him; for the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself; therefore to recover the Image of God, which consisteth in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, to work to the service and glory of God, to aspire to the possession and fruition of God, must needs be mans greatest good.
The excellency of every thing standeth in two things;1 first, the perfection of beautie in which it was made; and the perfection of use for which it was made; now ⟨p. 195⟩the beauty of man consisteth in this, that he was made like unto God, Gen. 1 26. and his end and use is this, that he was made for God; first to serve him, and after to enjoy him; for the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself; therefore to recover the Image of God, which consisteth in knowledge, righteousnesse, and true holinesse, to work to the service and glory of God, to aspire to the possession and fruition of God, must needs be mans greatest good.