A92857:105
The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor…
The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor sinners. Wherein is set out, the gracious behaviour of Christ, standing at the door and knocking for entrance. The dutiful behaviour of sinners in hearing Christs voice and opening to him. And the comfortable event upon them both. / By Obadiah Sedgwick. B.D. and late minister of the Gospel in Covent-Garden.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Adoniram Byfield, 1657
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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.
1. In the order of motion: one would think that the poor should have come to the rich mans door, & the sick man have come or sent for the Physician; but behold! here the rich man comes to the poor mans door, and the Physician comes to the sick mans house. They came not first to Christ, but Christ came first to them. Christ came not only to save, but also to seek that which was l•st: ⟨p. 16⟩Christ prevents sinners with his kindness, and with their salvation.
1. In the order of motion: one would think that the poor should have come to the rich mans door, & the sick man have come or sent for the Physician; but behold! here the rich man comes to the poor mans door, and the Physician comes to the sick mans house. They came not first to Christ, but Christ came first to them. Christ came not only to save, but also to seek that which was l•st: ⟨p. 16⟩Christ prevents sinners with his kindnesse, and with their salvation.
2. In the degrees of motion, he comes to the door, and then he calls at the door: (verse 18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire) and then he stands; (He doth not take every silence, nor every neglect of offer for an answer) and then he knocks at the door by some louder and stronger operation of his spirit, and all this is, that they would once hearken and open the door unto him, that he might enter.
2. In the degrees of motion, he comes to the door, and then he calls at the doore: (verse 18. I councel thee to buy of me gold tryed in the fire) and then he stands; (He doth not take every silence, nor every neglect of offer for an answer) and then he knocks at the doore by some louder and stronger operation of his spirit, and all this is, that they would once hearken and open the door unto him, that he might enter.