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The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration
The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration: or A treatise containing the nature, necessity, marks and means of regeneration; as also the duty of the regenerate. / By George Swinnocke, M.A. and pastor of Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.
London: printed by John Best for Tho. Parkhurst, 1661
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.
When thou shouldst approach the Lord of Glory, he would give thee a meeting in the means of Grace; he would bid thee welcome into his presence, and warm thine heart with his spiritual influences; thou mightest hear him speaking to the solace and wonder of thy soul; O my Dove, show me thy face, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely, Cant. 2.14.
When thou shouldst approach the Lord of Glory, he would give thee a meeting in the means of Grace; he would bid thee welcom into his presence, and warm thine heart with his spiritual influences; thou mightest hear him speaking to the solace and wonder of thy soul; O my Dove, shew me thy face, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely, Cant. 2.14.
The Spirit of God would assist thee in all thy performances, enabling thee to offer up to God what came first from God; ⟨p. 251⟩and O how exceedingly would the Father be taken with, and delight in his own child! The fruits of his Spirit would be pleasant fruits indeed, Rom. 8.26. Cant. 4. ult. Thou shouldst in every sacrifice give God thine heart, which he could not but take kindly at thy hands; Thy prayer would be his delight, 1Prov. 15.8. Thy sweet breath would abundantly please him; no music could be so melodious to thee, as thy prayers to him; thou shouldst never ask any thing, but he would grant it, either in specie or ponder, in money or money-worth: The King of Heaven is not he that could do any thing against thee, as that earthly King said,