A75287:980
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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5. Petition.
To thee, Lord, I make my moan, to thee I tender my humble Petition, and pour out my soul: O give me a taste and relish of this Eternity; O give me this water, that I need thirst no more; O give me such a taste or relish of this water, that it may be in me a well of water, springing up into eternal life: O inflame my soul with a love of these thoughts, with a longing desire after this Eternity of joys: O let me not always be thus dull and brutish, but thou that hast prepared Eternity for me, prepare my soul for Eternity; teach me so to carry on this earth, that I be not shut out of those eternal Mansions in Heaven; give me repentance for sin, that I be not thrown into those Eternal woes in Hell; open my eyes that I may see, draw aside this veil, that I may know what Eternity is; give me so to live, as one that labours for Eternity, contend for Eternity, suffers for Eternity; let me never be so foolish as to settle my self on vanity, and to neglect this Eternity that never shall have end.
To thee, Lord, I make my moan, to thee I tender my humble Petition, and pour out my soul: O give me a taste and relish of this Eternity; O give me this water, that I need thirst no more; O give me such a taste or relish of this water, that it may be in me a well of water, springing up into eternal life: O inflame my soul with a love of these thoughts, with a longing desire after this Eternity of joys: O let me not always be thus dull and brutish, but thou that hast prepared Eternity for me, prepare my soul for Eternity; teach me so to carry on this earth, that I be not shut out of those eternal Mansions in Heaven; give me repentance for sin, that I be not thrown into those Eternal woes in Hell; open my eyes that I may see, draw aside this vail, that I may know what Eternity is; give me so to live, as one that labors for Eternity, contend for Eternity, suffers for Eternity; let me never be so foolish as to settle my self on vanity, and to neglect this Eternity that never shall have end.