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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.
More Particularly, There are the most Amiable Qualifications in Christs Person, to attract and draw forth your Love; I shall instance in these six. 1. His Greatness ⟨p. 61⟩and Authority. 2. His Holiness and Purity. 3. His Wisdom and Omniscience. 4. His Truth and Fidelity. 5. His Fullness and All-sufficiency. 6. His Kindness and Mercy.
More Particularly, There are the most Amiable Qualifications in Christs Person, to attract and draw forth your Love; I shall instance in these six. 1. His Greatness ⟨p. 61⟩and Authority. 2. His Holiness and Purity. 3. His Wisdom and Omnisciency. 4. His Truth and Fidelity. 5. His Fulness and All-sufficiency. 6. His Kindness and Mercy.
1. Consider Christ's Greatness and Authority, Aquila non capit muscas, The Eagle doth not pursue after Flies: Great Souls are not Affected, except it be with Great Things; there is none so Great as Jesus Christ; He is most Great in Honour and Dignity, He is most Great in Power and Authority. Excellency of Majesty, doth greatly engage the Love, and command the Hearts as well as the Obedience of Subjects: and those Princes that have the greatest Power and Authority, are the Darlings of the people, when they don't abuse their place by Unrighteousness and Cruelty, by Usurpation and Tyranny. If Power be managed with Clemency, and Authority with Kindness towards those that are under command; so highly do Princes advance themselves hereby in the Esteem and Love of their people, that they will be ready to spend their Estates, and venture their Lives in their Service. Christ is the Prince of the Kings of the Earth, he is clothed with the Highest Honour, Arrayed with the most ⟨p. 62⟩Excellent Majesty, Decked with the largest Power, and invested with the Greatest Authority. He is the King and Lord of Glory, He is Exalted to Higher Dignity than the greatest Potentate that ever lived upon the Earth; yea he is advanced above all Thrones and Dominions, and Principalities and Powers, of the Glorious Angels which are in Heaven; All Power is given to him in Heaven and Earth,