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Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians
Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians : I. Babes, II. Little children, III. Young men, IV. Fathers : with their several characteristical differences and attainments : also the doctrines proper to be taught to each of them : being the substance of many sermons preached many years ago in Southwark / by Ralph Venning.Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians : I. Babes, II. Little children, III. Young men, IV. Fathers : with their several characteristical differences and attainments : also the doctrines proper to be taught to each of them : being the substance of many sermons preach'd many years ago in Southwark / by Ralph Venning.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1675
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.
5. Let this ••k out your humbling, that a• yet you are incapable of the strong meat, which God hath prepared for his: 'tis true, you are fed with Milk, which keeps your soul in life; but the choicest dainties are behind, reserved for a second course. Were you more spiritual he would lead you into his Wine-Cellar, he would feed you with Apples, and his Banner of Love would be displayed to you and spread over you: he would make you drink of his Flagons, yea of his Rivers of pleasure, and fill you with joy unspeakable and full of glory. While you are but Babes you c•••• bear this, you are ignorant of the choicest of Gospel mysteries, of the most intimate and sweetest communion with the Father and the Son; and how should this these you and make you lay your mouth in the dust, that after so long a standing, you should be capable of no more than the common cheer, the ordinary fare of the Gospel, which is but Milk, without Bread and Wine, &c.
5. Let this ••k out your humbling, that a• yet you are incapable of the strong meat, which God hath prepared for his: 'tis true, you are fed with Milk, which keeps your soul in life; but the choicest dainties are behind, reserved for a second course. Were you more spiritual he would lead you into his Wine-Cellar, he would feed you with Apples, and his Binner of Love would be displayed to you and spread over you: he would make you drink of his Flaggons, yea of his Rivers of pleasure, and fill you with joy unspeakable and full of glory. While you are but Babes you c•••• bear this, you are ignorant of the choicest of Gospel mysteries, of the most intimate and sweetest communion with the Father and the Son; and how should this these you and make you lay your mouth in the dust, that after so long a standing, you should be capable of no more than the common chear, the ordinary fare of the Gospel, which is but Milk, without Bread and Wine, &c.