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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.
I confess it is an hidden dignity, as ⟨p. 66⟩Paul saith, our life is hid with Christ in God. We have a life, a glorious life, but it is hid. It is dark, sometimes under melancholy, sometimes under temptations, sometimes under the afflictions of the world, and disgrace, and so it is an hidden excellency; but it is a true excellency. The world knoweth us not more then they know God, and Christ; but it is no matter, God knoweth us by name, He knew Mary by name; as it is said in Isaiah, I have called thee by name. He is a Shepherd, that knoweth his sheep by name, and is known of them. He knoweth thee, 1and thee, and thee, by name, yea, and the hairs of thy head are numbered, and therefore it matters not, though thy dignities be hid with the world, yet God knoweth them, he hath written all thy members in a book, and he hath a book of remembrance of thee. And therefore it is no matter, though it be an hidden dignity, it is a true dignity to be a brother of Christ.
I confess it is an hidden dignity, as ⟨p. 66⟩Paul saith, our life is hid with Christ in God. We have a life, a glorious life, but it is hid. It is dark, sometimes under melancholy, sometimes under temptations, sometimes under the afflictions of the world, and disgrace, and so it is an hidden excellency; but it is a true excellency. The world knoweth us not more then they know God, and Christ; but it is no matter, God knoweth us by name, He knew Mary by name; as it is said in Isaiah, I have called thee by name. He is a Shepheard, that knoweth his sheep by name, and is known of them. He knoweth thee, 1and thee, and thee, by name, yea, and the hairs of thy head are numbred, and therefore it matters not, though thy dignities be hid with the world, yet God knoweth them, he hath written all thy members in a book, and he hath a book of remembrance of thee. And therefore it is no matter, though it be an hidden dignity, it is a true dignity to be a brother of Christ.
- 1The world knows not the excellency of Gods people, and therefore regards them not.