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A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity,…
A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity, and near relation between Christ and a believer is discovered.
London: printed for John Rothwel, 1654
A heavenly Discourse between Christ and Mary after his Resurrection.
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.
Our hearts are too narrow a great ⟨p. 62⟩deal to embrace the whole comfort that this word affords unto us. That Christ should own us as his Brother after his Resurrection; for that showeth a reconciliation. Brother is a term of friendship, nay more then a term of reconciliation, for a man may be reconciled to an enemy; but it is a term of amity, to show that when we believe in Christ, and are one with him, our sins are quitted, death is overcome, Satan's head is crushed when God is reconciled. What have they to do with us? they 1are only to serve our turns to bring us to Heaven, and fit us for it. I beseech you consider of the excellent freedom and dignity of a Christian; his freedom, in that he is the Brother of Christ, free from all, being owned by Christ after his Resurrection, all 2being quit by his death, who w as our surety, else he should have been in the grave to this day. And then think 3of our dignity, to be Brother to him, that is King of Heaven, Lord of Lords, Ruler of the whole world, that hath all things subject to him. O that our hearts were enlarged to conceive ⟨p. 63⟩the wonderful comfort that every Christian hath in this Relation. Go tell my Apostles under the sweet term of Brethren.
Our hearts are too narrow a great ⟨p. 62⟩deal to imbrace the whole comfort that this word affords unto us. That Christ should own us as his Brother after his Resurrection; for that sheweth a reconciliation. Brother is a tearm of friendship, nay more then a tearm of reconciliation, for a man may be reconciled to an enemy; but it is a tearm of amity, to shew that when we believe in Christ, and are one with him, our sins are quitted, death is overcome, Satans head is crushed when God is reconciled. What have they to do with us? they 1are only to serve our turns to bring us to Heaven, and fit us for it. I beseech you consider of the excellent freedom and dignity of a Christian; his freedom, in that he is the Brother of Christ, free from all, being owned by Christ after his Resurrection, all