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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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6. Comparisons.
But to inflame thy love (O my soul) upon Christ, consider whereunto it is like, or to what it may be compared: The Scripture hath described the outgoings of such a Soul, 1. By the parched ground: 1My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, in a dry and thirsty Land, where no water is. 2. By the pantings of a chased Hart: 2As the Hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 3. By the longings of a teeming woman:3 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy Law is my delight. 4. By the fainting and swooning of one that is in good earnest sick of love:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, that ye tell him I am sick of love: Such souls are commonly cast into an agony, into pangs of love, that love Christ indeed.
But to inflame thy love (O my soul) upon Christ, consider whereunto it is like, or to what it may be compared: The Scripture hath described the outgoings of such a Soul, 1. By the parched ground: 1My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, in a dry and thirsty Land, where no water is. 2. By the pantings of a chased Hart: 2As the Hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 3. By the longings of a teeming woman: