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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.
Thirdly, you may know your love to Christ, by your love of Christ's Image: there is the Image of Christ on his Word, ⟨p. 41⟩and there is the Image of Christ on his People.
1. Do you love the Image of Christ on his Word? as Caesar's Coin did bear Caesar's Image and Superscription, so the Word of the Scriptures, which is the Word of Christ, doth bear Christ's Image and Superscription. Do you love the Scriptures because of Christ's Image which is upon them? do you love the Word of Doctrine in the Scripture, because of the Image of Christs Truth and Wisdom upon it? do you love the Word of Precepts in the Scriptures, because of the Image of Christ's Holiness upon it? do you love the Word of Threatenings in the Scriptures, because of the Image of Christ's Righteousness upon it? do you love the Word of Promises in the Scriptures, because of the Image of Christ's Goodness, Grace and Love upon it? You have Christ's Word in your Bibles, and sometimes sounding in your Ears, but doth the Word of Christ dwell in your Hearts? you receive Christs word in the Light of it, do you receive his Word in the Love of it?
1. Do you love the Image of Christ on his Word? as Caesar's Coin did bear Caesar's Image and Superscription, so the Word of the Scriptures, which is the Word of Christ, doth bear Christ's Image and Superscription. Do you love the Scriptures because of Christ's Image which is upon them? do you love the Word of Doctrine in the Scripture, because of the Image of Christs Truth and Wisdom upon it? do you love the Word of Precepts in the Scriptures, because of the Image of Christ's Holiness upon it? do you love the Word of Threatnings in the Scriptures, because of the Image of Christ's Righteousness upon it? do you love the Word of Promises in the Scriptures, because of the Image of Christ's Goodness, Grace and Love upon it? You have Christ's Word in your Bibles, and sometimes sounding in your Ears, but doth the Word of Christ dwell in your Hearts? you receive Christs word in the Light of it, do you receive his Word in the Love of it?