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

If you follow on to seek him, he will certainly and may suddenly be found of you: And ⟨p. 194⟩who knows but this may be the time of Christ's manifesting his Love? It may be whilst you are Reading this Discourse, you may have a glimpse of his face, and hear his Voice saying unto you, Be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you. Lift up the Hands that hang down, lift up the Heart that is cast down; Look up then dejected Soul, thy Saviour is before thee, open thine Eyes and look, look with the Eye of Faith, canst thou not see a marvellous Beauty in his countenance? dost thou not perceive some smiles in his Face, some Smiles upon thy Soul? Dost thou not feel his Spirit sweetly breathing upon thine heart, persuading thee, and giving thee a sweet sense of Christ's peculiar Love unto thee? Dost thou not perceive some inward knockings at the door of thine heart, and hear some inward callings? Open to me, and I will come in and sup with thee: This is the Voice of thy Beloved; make haste and open to him, open all the Faculties of thy Soul, lift up the Everlasting Gates to this King of Glory; send forth the Handmaids of thy Desires to invite the Lord in, let thy Faith take hold on him and usher him into thy Soul, and then embrace him in the Arms of thy ⟨p. 195⟩dearest Love, and give him such entertainment that he may abide with thee for ever.

If you follow on to seek him, he will certainly and may suddenly be found of you: And ⟨p. 194⟩who knows but this may be the time of Christ's manifesting his Love? It may be whilest you are Reading this Discourse, you may have a glimpse of his face, and hear his Vo•ce saying unto you, Be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you. Lift up the Hands that hang down, lift up the Heart that is cast down; Look up then dejected Soul, thy Saviour is before thee, open thine Eyes and look, look with the Eye of Faith, canst thou not see a marvellous Beauty in his countenance? dost thou not perceive some smiles in his Face, some Smiles upon thy Soul? Dost thou not feel his Spirit sweetly breathing upon thine heart, perswading thee, and giving thee a sweet sense of Christ's peculiar Love unto thee? Dost thou not perceive some inward knockings at the door of thine heart, and hear some inward callings? Open to me, and I will come in and sup with thee: This is the Voice of thy Beloved; make haste and open to him, open all the Faculties of thy Soul, lift up the Everlasting Gates to this King of Glory; send forth the Handmaids of thy Desires to invite the Lord in, let thy Faith take hold on him and usher him into thy Soul, and then embrace him in the Arms of thy