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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.
1In times of extremity, no man but a Christian can pray with any comfort, with any sweet familiarity, Abba Father; But they be like Pharaoh: Go Moses, pray to your God. He had no such familiarity with God as to pray for himself. And so carnal men will say; pray to your God. And many like Devils, will have no communion with God in their prosperity, but 2their whole life is a provoking of God to emnity by swearing, loose, debauched, irregular Carriages, hateful even to moral men: their hearts tell them they be even like Satan. What ⟨p. 186⟩dost thou come to torment us before our time? what hast thou to do with me? what have they to do with God? they have scarce a Bible in their 3Chambers. If one, it is for fashion sake. And that they may not appear to be naught, they will hold conformity in public assemblies; but for private familiarity they have nothing to do with it. The show of Religion goeth under an opprobrious name; but if they would put off the show, it were nothing, and not make ostentation of what they are not; but they have no communion with God in prayer. They will go for Gods people, and own him for their God, when they have no trading with him, so much as by prayer. Take heed we deceive not our selves, I beseech you, salvation dependeth upon it.
1In times of extremity, no man but a Christian can pray with any comfort, with any sweet familiarity, Abba Father; But they be like Pharaoh: Go Moses, pray to your God. He had no such familiarity with God as to pray for himself. And so carnal men will say; pray to your God. And many like Devils, will have no cōmunion with God in their prosperity, but 2their whole life is a provoking of God to emnity by swearing, loose, debauched, irregular Carriages, hateful even to moral men: their hearts tell them they be even like Satan. VVhat ⟨p. 186⟩dost thou come to torment us before our time? what hast thou to do with me? what have they to do with God? they have scarce a Bible in their