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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 19: How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness at the Table.
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.
First, Act faith; Dormit fides & dormit Christus, saith Austin; If faith sleepeth, Christ sleepeth. Call forth first that Commander in chief, and then the private Soldiers, the other graces will all follow. Faith must be the eye whereby thou seest Christ, Zach 12.10. They shall see him whom they have pierced, and mourn; Faith is the mouth by ⟨p. 303⟩which thou feedest on Christ, John 6.53. Faith is the feet by which thou goest to Christ, John 6.35. Faith may say to thee as Christ did, Without me thou canst do nothing; without me thou canst do nothing for thy own welfare, nothing for Gods honour at this ordinance; It is said of the Indian Gymnosophists that they will lye all day upon their backs gazing on the beauty of the natural Sun. Friend, at this Ordinance if at any time of thy life, view the beauty of this true Sun. As Pilate when he had scourged him in such a bloody, barbarous manner, brings him forth to the Jews, with, Behold the man. So when thou considerest the bread and wine, Behold the man; Behold the broken bruised Saviour. A man without faith, like the unbelieving lord, seeth the plenty, but doth not eat of it.
First, Act faith; Dormit fides & dormit Christus, saith Austin; If faith sleepeth, Christ sleepeth. Call forth first that Commander in chief, and then the private Souldiers, the other graces will all follow. Faith must be the eye whereby thou seest Christ, Zach 12.10. They shall see him whom they have peirced, and mourn; Faith is the mouth by ⟨p. 303⟩which thou feedest on Christ, John 6.53. Faith is the feet by which thou goest to Christ, John 6.35. Faith may say to thee as Christ did, Without me thou canst do nothing; without me thou canst do nothing for thy own welfare, nothing for Gods honour at this ordinance; It is said of the Indian Gymnosophists that they will lye all day upon their backs gazing on the beauty of the natural Sun. Friend, at this Ordinance if at any time of thy life, view the beauty of this true Sun. As Pilate when he had scourged him in such a bloody, barbarous manner, brings him forth to the Jews, with, Behold the man. So when thou considerest the bread and wine, Behold the man; Behold the broken bruised Saviour. A man without faith, like the unbeleiving lord, seeth the plenty, but doth not eat of it.