The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…

5. Where doth Christ manifest himself unto them that love him? This is in the way of his Ordinances, there he doth walk, there he doth appear unto his People; sometimes Christ doth manifest himself in the way of private Ordinances, when they seek him in their Families, or in their Closets, when they speak of him in conference, or when they think of him in their Meditation and Contemplation; sometimes Christ doth manifest himself unto them that love him in the way of Public Ordinances, in Public Prayer or Fasting, in hearing of the Word, or when they are Feasting at his Table, especially in this •ast mentioned Ordinance Christ doth frequently manifest himself unto his Disciples most ⟨p. 188⟩sweetly: At the Lords Table, the Lord doth appear; in breaking of Bread he discovers himself, as to the Disciples that went to Emmaus; in his Banqueting-house he gives them to feast on his Love; There are many who can say by experience, that if ever they met with Christ in their Lives, and in any Ordinance, they have met with him at the Sacrament, there he hath unveiled his face, there he hath revealed his Love, there he hath breathed upon them by his Spirit, there they have found and felt the Lord to be near.

5. WHere doth Christ manifest himself unto them that love him? This is in the way of his Ordinances, there he doth walk, there he doth appear unto his People; sometimes Christ doth manifest himself in the way of private Ordinances, when they seek him in their Families, or in their Closets, when they speak of him in conference, or when they think of him in their Meditation and Contemplation; sometimes Christ doth manifest himself unto them that love him in the way of Publick Ordinances, in Publick Prayer or Fasting, in hearing of the Word, or when they are Feasting at his Table, especially in this ast mentioned Ordinance Christ doth frequently manifest himself unto his Disciples most