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The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...
London: printed for T.P., 1662
Treatise › Chapter 17: Of the Christians duty after Hearing.
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If thou hast any compassion for the poor, dark, dead souls be instant with the Lord; pray, O send out thy light and thy truth, that thy ways may be known upon earth, and thy saving health unto all Generations. If thou hast any affection to thy own soul, praise God for his Law; Blessed be the Lord who hath shown us light. Procopius reporteth that nigh to the Pole where the night endureth for many Months together, the Inhabitants in the end of their long night, get up to the top of the Mountains, striving who shall have the first sight of the Sun, and as soon as they see it, they embrace and hug each other, crying out, Ecce, Sol apparet; Behold, Lo, the Sun, the Sun appeareth. This poor Island had a long night of darkness, when the people in it served dumb Idols and Devils; blessed for ever be the unsearchable goodness of God, the Sun of the Gospel hath appeared amongst us. ⟨p. 240⟩Nay as its said of Rhodes, it may be said of England, The Sun always shines on it. What shall we render to the Lord for this benefit.
If thou hast any compassion for the poor, dark, dead souls be instant with the Lord; pray, O send out thy light and thy truth, that thy ways may be known upon earth, and thy saving health unto all Generations. If thou hast any affection to thy own soul, praise God for his Law; Blessed be the Lord who hath shown us light. Procopius reporteth that nigh to the Pole where the night endureth for many Months together, the Inhabitants in the end of their long night, get up to the top of the Mountains, striving who shall have the first sight of the Sun, and as soon as they see it, they embace and hug each other, crying out, Ecce, Sol apparet; Behold, Lo, the Sun, the Sun appeareth. This poor Island had a long night of darkness, when the people in it served dumb Idols and Devils; blessed for ever be the unsearchable goodness of God, the Sun of the Gospel hath appeared amongst us. ⟨p. 240⟩Nay as its said of Rhodes, it may be said of England, The Sun always shines on it. What shall we render to the Lord for this benefit.