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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.
Thou shouldst be blessed in thy body, that should be the temple of the Holy Ghost, and part of the mystical body of the Son of God, and so nearly and closely united to him, that neither death, grave, nor dust, should ever be able to separate it from him, 1 Cor. 6.19. 1 Thes. 4.14, 16.
Thou shouldst be blessed in thy soul, that should be ever fat and flourishing, Psal. 92.13, 14. like a watered Garden abounding in fruit; the smell of thy soul would be as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed.
Thou shouldest be blessed in thy estate; that blessing which can turn a Prison into a Palace, a Cottage into a Court, poverty into plenty, would be thy portion; thou shouldst be sure of necessaries, of enough to bear thy charges till thou comest to thy Fathers house, Psal. 37.25, 26. and 34.11. Having faith, thou should not fear a famine, but wouldst be assured that he who feeds the birds of the air, fodders the beasts of the fields, filleth the bellies of his Enemies with hidden treasures, would never forget his friends, or starve his children: The Lord would be thy Shepherd, and therefore thou couldst not want, Psal. 23.1. As they that are well lined within, and have much good blood and spirits can endure to go in cold weather with less clothes then others: So thou being inwardly strengthened ⟨p. 267⟩