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A Divine Cordial
A divine cordial, or, The transcendent privilege of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1663
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.
6. The Communion of Saints works for §6good, 2 Cor. 1.24. [Greek or Hebrew], We are helpers of your joy. One Christian conversing with another, is a means to confirm him: As the stones in an Arch help to strengthen one another; one Christian by imparting his experiences doth heat and quicken another, Heb. 10.24. Let us provoke one another to love, and good works: How doth Grace flourish by holy conference! a Christian by good discourse drops that oil upon another as makes the Lamp of his Faith burn the brighter.
6. The Communion of Saints works for §6good, 2 Cor. 1.24. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, We are helpers of your joy. One Christian conversing with another, is a means to confirm him: As the stones in an Arch help to strengthen one another; one Christian by imparting his experiences doth heat and quicken another, Heb. 10.24. Let us provoke one another to love, and good works: How doth Grace flourish by holy conference! a Christian by good discourse drops that oyl upon another as makes the Lamp of his Faith burn the brighter.
7. Christs intercession works for good. Christ is in Heaven as Aaron with his golden ⟨p. 21⟩plate upon his forehead, and his precious incense, and he prays for all Believers as well as he did for the Apostles, Joh. 17.20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for all them that shall believe in me. When a Christian is weak, and can hardly pray for himself, Jesus Christ is praying for him; and he prays for three things. 1. That the Saints may be kept from sin, vers. 15. I pray that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. We live in the world as in a Pest-house; Christ prays that his Saints may not be infected with the contagious evil of the times. 2. For his peoples progress in holiness, vers. 17. Sanctify them: Let them have constant supplies of the Spirit, and be anointed with fresh oil. 3. For their glorification, vers. 24. Father, I will that those which thou hast given me, be with me where I am. Christ is not conent till the Saints are in his arms. This prayer which he made on Earth, is the Copy and Pattern of his prayer in Heaven. What a comfort is this, when Satan is tempting, Christ is praying! this works for good.