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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. It is wonderful easy too; all outward things, any naughty men have them with their sins. Let a man 1perform a little outward complement, he may be what he will be, let him live as he will; and be possest, that outward things will serve the turn, he is safe, his Conscience is daubed up, till God by sense of wrath awakeneth conscience, and then they shall find it another matter to deal with God then by complement.
2. It is wonderfull easie too; all outward things, any naughty men have them with their sins. Let a man 1perform a little outward complement, he may be what he will be, let him live as he will; and be possest, that outward things will serve the turn, he is safe, his Conscience is daubed up, till God by sense of wrath awakeneth conscience, and then they shall find it another matter to deal with God then by complement.
- 1Extern• dei placere nequtunt.
3. There is also a great glory in outward things. There is commendations, and mens observance of them, ⟨p. 39⟩as in the Pharisees, and in Popery. But the spiritual worship of Christ hath no observance to the eye of the world, it is between God and the soul, men naturally love those things 1that be glorious. It is said of Ephraim, that he loved to tread out the Corn, but not to plough; that is, Ephraim will take that which is easy, but not that in Gods worship which is hard. There be two things in Gods service. An easy thing, which is outward 2