A94156:620
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.
1. In mourning for sin. The Pharisees would not eat their common bread with unwashed hands, least they should transgress the traditions of their Elders. Friend, if thou shouldst eat this sacred bread with an unwashed heart, thou wilt horribly transgress the Commandment of thy God. The Jews did eat the Passover with bitter herbs, and truly we Gentiles must eat a broken body with broken bones. The more bitter sin is to thee before, the more sweet thy Saviour will be to thee at the Sacrament; Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted, Mat. 5.3. A wet seed time will bring a Sunshiny and plentiful Harvest. One of the Fathers observeth that David the greatest mourner in Israel, was the sweetest singer in Israel. Beans thrive best if steeped in water before they be sown, and truly so will thy soul if steeped in godly sorrow before thou goest to the Sacrament. Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to these that are of heavy hearts. Prov. 31.6. When thy heart is heavy under the sense of thine unholiness, and thou art ready to perish under the weight of thy wickedness, then Jesus Christ will give thee that wine, that blood which will refresh and make thine heart glad.
1. In mourning for sin. The Pharisees would not eat their common bread with unwashed hands, least they should transgress the traditions of their Elders. Friend, if thou shouldst eat this sacred bread with an unwashed heart, thou wilt horribly transgress the Commandment of thy God. The Jews did eat the Passover with bitter hearbs, and truely we Gentiles must eat a broken body with broken bones. The more bitter sin is to thee before, the more sweet thy Saviour will be to thee at the Sacrament; Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted, Mat. 5.3. A wet seed time will bring a Sunshiny and plentiful Harvest. One of the Fathers observeth that David the greatest mourner in Israel, was the sweetest singer in Israel. Beanes thrive best if steept in water before they be sown, and truely so will thy soul if steept in godly sorrow before thou goest to the Sacrament. Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to these that are of heavy hearts. Prov. 31.6