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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.
2. But for our comfort, we must do our parts too, though it begin with God. It beginneth on Gods part. He loveth us first, and embraceth us first, and we must love again, and embrace again. We must desire of God grace to answer relation. Therefore I will prescribe some rules, how we may say, God is our God with comfort. That we may have the comfort of it, by making good our interest in him, to make it good that 1we are Sons, as well as to call him Father, that we are his people, as well as to call him our God, his spouse, as well as call him our Husband. And because this cometh from God, join this withal our endeavours. Lord thou must begin, I desire to show my self as a spouse to thee, but thou must discover thy self to me. I desire to love thee, but discover thy love first, all I can do is but reflection. Thou must shine on me first, so ⟨p. 222⟩desire God to reveal himself more and more, in Christ Jesus, and then we cannot but carry our selves to him, as we should do in our Relation.
2. But for our comfort, we must do our parts too, though it begin with God. It beginneth on Gods part. He loveth us first, and imbraceth us first, and we must love again, and imbrace again. We must desire of God grace to answer relation. Therefore I will prescribe some rules, how we may say, God is our God with comfort. That we may have the comfort of it, by making good our interest in him, to make it good that 1we are Sonnes, as well as to call him Father, that we are his people, as well as to call him our God, his spouse, as well as call him our Husband. And because this cometh from God, joyn this withall our endeavors. Lord thou must begin, I desire to shew my self as a spouse to thee, but thou must discover thy self to me. I desire to love thee, but discover thy love first, all I can do is but reflection. Thou must shine on me first, so ⟨p. 222⟩desire God to reveal himself more and more, in Christ Jesus, and then we cannot but carry our selves to him, as we should do in our Relation.
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