A75287:1343
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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2. Outward Duties which issue from this fear, are Reverence. Obedience.
1. Reverence, which is manifested in speech and carriage. Thus servants must give reverend titles to their Masters, as Father, Lord, and Master, &c. They must yield obeisance to them; as The children of the prophets, 1when they saw that the Spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha, they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
1. Reverence, which is manifested in speech and carriage. Thus servants must give reverend titles to their Masters, as Father, Lord, and Master, &c. They must yield obeysance to them; as The children of the prophets, 1when they saw that the Spirit of Elijah rested on Elishah, they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2. Obedience, which hath respect to the Commands, Instructions, Reproofs and Corrections of their Masters, 1 Pet. 2.18, 19, 20. But here's a case or two of Conscience: