A92857:817
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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1. His best portion is but poor and cursed: All the Earth was cursed upon mans fall: This (perhaps) thou hast, and no more but this: When thou hast summoned up all thy pleasures, and when thou hast cast up all thy riches, the result is only this, the portion of my cup is a little cursed vanity; I have but earth, and no longer then whilst on the earth. The Beauty, which is put on with the garment, and put of with the garment is only in the garment, not in him that wears the garment: And so the happiness which is put on with ⟨p. 267⟩our life, and put off with our life is not at a happiness for us, because it is only in the enjoyment of the creature. Unhappy is that man, who hath no world but this world; whose bread is only that of carefulness, and whose water is only that of bitterness.
1. His best portion is but poor and cursed: All the Earth was cursed upon mans fall: This (perhaps) thou hast, and no more but this: When thou hast summon'd up all thy pleasures, and when thou hast cast up all thy riches, the result is onely this, the portion of my cup is a little cursed vanity; I have but earth, and no longer then whilest on the earth. The Beauty, which is put on with the garment, and put of with the garment is onely in the garment, not in him that weares the garment: And so the happinesse which is put on with ⟨p. 267⟩our life, and put off with our life is not at a happinesse for us, because it is only in the enjoyment of the creature. Unhappy is that man, who hath no world but this world; whose bread is onely that of carefulnesse, and whose water is only that of bitternesse.
2. All the good in Christ is sealed from him: It is to him as if Christ had never lived, and never died for sinners: His condition is much like that of the damned devils, who are eternal sinners, and eternal strangers: Thus it is with him, his communion is ever with sin, but never, never shall it be with Christ.