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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.
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2. The second Grace to be called forth is love: And truly if thou hast acted thy faith in his Passion for, and affection to thy soul, I shall not in the least doubt but thy love to him will play its part. The Creatures (some tell us) follow the Panther, being drawn after her by her sweet odours: When Jesus Christ, out of infinite love, offered up himself a Sacrifice for thy sins, surely the sweet savour thereof may draw thy heart after him: Because of the savour of thy good ointments, therefore the Virgins love thee, Cant. 1.4. There is nothing in Christ, but what may well command thy love: He is the fairest of ten thousand: He is altogether lovely. But his bloody sufferings for thee, and his blessed love to thee (one would think) are such Lodestones, that if thou wert as cold and hard as steel, would draw thy soul both to desire him, and to delight in him: Meditate a little more on his love to thee. Publicans and sinners love their friends who love them; and wilt thou be worse then Publicans and sinners? Consider seriously, Jesus Christ loved thee when thou wast in a loathsome estate, Ezek. 16. when thou wast wallowing in thy blood, when no eye pitied thee, then was his time of love; he passed by thee, and said unto thee, Live: yea, when thou wast in thy blood, he said unto thee, Live: And wilt thou not love him?
2. The second Grace to be called forth is love: And truly if thou hast acted thy faith in his Passion for, and affection to thy soul, I shall not in the least doubt but thy love to him will play its part. The Creatures (some tell us) follow the Panther, being drawn after her by her sweet odours: When Jesus Christ, out of infinite love, offered up himself a Sacrifice for thy sins, surely the sweet savour thereof may draw thy heart after him: Because of the savour of thy good oyntments, therefore the Virgins love thee, Cant. 1.4. There is nothing in Christ, but what may well command thy love: He is the fairest of ten thousand: He is altogether lovely. But his bloody sufferings for thee, and his blessed love to thee (one would think) are such Loadstones, that if thou wert as cold and hard as steel, would draw thy soul both to desire him, and to delight in him: Meditate a little more on his love to thee. Publicans and sinners love their friends who love them; and wilt thou be worse then Publicans and sinners? Consider seriously, Jesus Christ loved thee when thou wast in a loathsome estate,