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The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…
The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians with an appendix concerning Christs manifestation of himself to them that love him / by Thomas Vincent.
London: printed by J.R. for Samuel Sprint, 1677
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.
1. Sometime Christ doth quickly manifest himself, after a little seeking; some young Converts have early and soon discoveries of Christ and his love; they are cast down for a little while, and Christ soon comes unto them and lifts them up again; weeping endures but for a night, ⟨p. 184⟩and that a short summer night, and joy cometh early in the morning; they have the spirit of bondage who awakeneth them to fear, by & by the Spirit of Adoption doth graciously visit them, and make discovery of their relation to the Father, the love of their Saviour, and sheddeth abroad the sense of his love into their hearts.
1. Sometime Christ doth quickly manifest himself, after a little seeking; some young Converts have early and soon disscoveries of Christ and his love; they are cast down for a little while, and Christ soon comes unto them and lifts them up again; weeping endures but for a night, ⟨p. 184⟩and that a short summer night, and joy cometh early in the morning; they have the spirit of bondage who awakeneth them to fear, by & by the Spirit of Adoption doth graciously visit them, and make discovery of their relation to the Father, the love of their Saviour, and sheddeth abroad the sense of his love into their hearts.
2. Sometimes Christ is long before he manifest himself; it is long before some do seek Christ, and it is long before such do find him: Christ waits long to be gracious unto them, & Christ doth often make them wait long before he manifesteth to them his loving kindnesses; yea sometimes early seekers are not early finders; Christ makes some wait a long time to try their faith and patience, the•r love and obedience, and that he may prepare them for more than ordinary comforts and sweetness which he intendeth to give in the discovery of himself unto them.
2. Sometimes Christ is long before he manifest himself; it is long before some do seek Christ, and it is long before such do find him: Christ waites long to be gracious unto them, & Christ doth often make them wait long before he manifesteth to them his loving kindnesses; yea sometimes early seekers are not early finders; Christ makes some wait a long time to try their faith and patience, ther love and obedience, and that he may prepare them for more than ordinary comforts and sweetness which he intendeth to give in the discovery of himself unto them.