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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.
And this we should learn likewise to maintain a sweet frame between God and us; shall God open such an advantage to us? shall God be our 1Father, and bear the gracious eternal affection of a Father? and shall not we by prayer and faith, fetch from our Father all we stand in need of? As our Saviour saith, you that be earthly Fathers, 2when your Children ask such a thing, will you deny? And have we a Father so rich, so loving, and shall not we have intercourse with him in all our daily necessities? What a Trade is open to us, if we know what ⟨p. 124⟩a comfort is laid up in the sweet relation 3of a Father. Your Father knoweth what we stand in need of; and he will give thee the spring of all graces, not only a broken heart, a spirit of life, and vigour in his service; but go to God, and he will give thee his holy spirit, which is the best thing next Christ that can be. And therefore be encouraged to make intercourse between thee and God; considering we have a Brother in Heaven, our nature is there, and our spirit is below, we have the best things in Heaven, next Christ, on earth, and God hath our flesh in Heaven, by Christ; and therefore why should we not be much in prayer, and much in praises in all our necessities. Beloved, it is a comfort of that largeness, that I cannot 4express it; I rather leave it to your admiration, that you may see what use to make of this sweet relation of Father.
And this we should learn likewise to maintain a sweet frame between God and us; shall God open such an advantage to us? shall God be our 1Father, and bear the gracious eternal affection of a Father? and shall not we by prayer and faith, fetch from our Father all we stand in need of? As our Saviour saith, you that be earthly Fathers, 2when your Children ask such a thing, will you deny? And have we a Father so rich, so loving, and shall not we have intercourse with him in all our daily necessities? What a Trade is open to us, if we know what