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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.
1Those that have any strong places of defence in trouble, they will be sure to fly to that in times of war, they will betake them to their Castle, and place of munition. And so they that be Gods in time of danger, run presently to God, he is their rock, their refuge, and place of defence, repair to him by faith and prayer. The name of the Lord is a Tower of defence, the 2righteous in trouble fly thither, and they are safe. A man may know what his God is, by his retiring in times of extremity. Your carnal man if he hath any place to retire to, it is to his friends, to his purse to bring him out. He will go to that, which his instinct will specially lead him to in times of trouble. As every Creature together with the nature of it, hath received an instinct from God, to go to the place of refuge, wherein it is safe, as the weakest Creature hath strongest refuge. The Conies a poor weak Creature, hide themselves most ⟨p. 185⟩strongly, out of instinct they have their own weakness. So Gods Child being privy of his weakness, and need of support and strength, hath the strongest support that may be, and runneth to his God. Worldly men have many shifts, as the wily Fox hath; but a Christian hath but one, but that is a great one, he goeth to his God in time of need. And therefore you may know who is in covenant with God in times of extremity, especially, by a spirit of faith, a spirit of prayer.
1Those that have any strong places of defence in trouble, they will be sure to fly to that in times of war, they will betake them to their Castle, and place of munition. And so they that be Gods in time of danger, run presently to God, he is their rock, their refuge, and place of defence, repair to him by faith and prayer. The name of the Lord is a Tower of defence, the 2righteous in trouble fly thither, and they are safe. A man may know what his God is, by his retyring in times of extremity. Your carnal man if he hath any place to retire to, it is to his friends, to his purse to bring him out. He will go to that, which his instinct will specially lead him to in times of trouble. As every Creature together with the nature of it, hath received an instinct from God, to go to the place of refuge, wherein it is safe, as the weakest Creature hath strongest refuge. The Conies a poor weak Creature, hide themselves most