A92857:622
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Sol. It doth consist in a reciprocal expression 'twixt Christ and ⟨p. 200⟩believers. Like Jacobs ladder, the Angels ascending and descending. There are mutual passages between them both.
Sol. It doth consist in a reciprocal expression 'twixt Christ and ⟨p. 200⟩beleevers. Like Jacobs ladder, the Angels ascending and descending. There are mutual passages between them both.
Something Christ imparts to them, and something they impart to Christ: It is an hand mutually opening and clasping.
It includes, 1. An exceeding mutual love: Two hearts respectively inflamed one to another, and infolded one within another.
Christ lets out his love unto believers, he loves them as if they were his servants, (but that is too little.) He loves them as if they were his friends (ye are my friends,