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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
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.
An ignorant person can no more discern Christs body, then a person stark blind can discern the bread. God hath expressly forbidden lame and blind Sacrifices, Mal. 1.8. The Hypocrites Sacrifice is Lame, for he halteth in Gods Way. The ignorant persons Sacrifice is blind, for he can give no account of his own work. When the Leprosy was in the head, the Priest was to pronounce the party utterly unclean, exclude him the Camp, Lev. 13.44. Do not say, though thou art ignorant, yet thy heart is good, when God himself saith; Without knowledge the mind is not good: Fish stink first in the head, and then the whole body putrefieth.
An ignorant person can no more discern Christs body, then a person stark blind can discern the bread. God hath expresly forbidden lame and blind Sacrifices, Mal. 1.8. The Hypocrits Sacrifice is Lame, for he halteth in Gods Way. The ignorant persons Sacrifice is blind, for he can give no account of his own work. When the Leprosie was in the head, the Priest was to pronounce the party utterly unclean, exclude him the Camp, Lev. 13.44. Do not say, though thou art ignorant, yet thy heart is good, when God himself saith; Without knowledge the mind is not good: Fish stink first in the head, and then the whole body putrifieth.
Examine thy Faith. This grace is thy spiritual taste, without which thou canst relish nothing on the Table. This is the Bucket, and if it be wanting I may say to thee as the Woman to Christ, The Well is deep, and thou hast nothing to draw with. This is the hand to receive Christ, Joh. 1.12. This is as the Arms whereby we embrace Christ. They embraced the promises by faith, Heb. 11.13