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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 20: What a Christian ought to do after a Sacrament.
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David was not much troubled at Shimei's railing, but Absaloms rebellion pierced his very soul; My son that ⟨p. 226⟩came out of my bowels hath lifted up his hands against me. Wilt thou give thy Saviour cause to complain, He that did eat bread with me hath lift up his heels against me? Psal. 41.3. He that did eat at my table, nay eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, he hath lift up his heart, and his hand, and his heel against me? It was an aggravation of Sauls fall, he fell as though he had not been anointed, 2 Sam. 1. And it will be a sad aggravation of thy fall, if thou shouldst fin as if thou hadst not been at a Sacrament.
David was not much troubled at Shimei's rayling, but Absoloms rebellion pierced his very soul; My son that ⟨p. 226⟩came out of my bowels hath lifted up his hands against me. Wilt thou give thy Saviour cause to complain, He that did eat bread with me hath lift up his heels against me? Psal. 41.3. He that did eat at my table, nay eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, he hath lift up his heart, and his hand, and his heel against me? It was an aggravation of Sauls fall, he fell as though he had not been anointed, 2 Sam. 1. And it will be a sad aggravation of thy fall, if thou shouldst fin as if thou hadst not been at a Sacrament.
It is reported of an Elephant that being fallen down, and by reason of the inflexibleness of his legs, unable to rise, a Forester came by and helped him up, with which kindness the Elephant was so taken that he followed the man up and down, did him much service, and never left him till his dying day. Reader, the moral is plain, thou wast fallen, and never able to rise of thy self: The Lord Jesus Christ forsook his Father in Heaven and his Mother on Earth, suffered unconceivable sorrows to help thee up; what love shouldst thou have to him? what service shouldst thou do for him? Thou canst not do less, since he hath redeemed thee out of the hands of thine enemies, then serve him in holiness and righteousness all thy days. As the Hop in its growing follows the course of the Sun from East to West, and will rather break then do otherwise; So shouldst thou in all thy actions follow the course of the Sun of Righteousness, and rather dye then deny him.