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Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul'sCommunion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's
Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.Communion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.
London: printed by Evan Tyler, 1655
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.
'Tis true in one respect, my subject requires that I should rifle all the Rarities of Nature, and gather up all the Flowers of Rhetoric; that I should borrow (were it possible) the tongue of Angels, and speak words only fit for heaven. But on the other side, 'tis more necessary ⟨p. 28⟩to speak in the simplicity of the Gospel, and to set forth truth as it is in Jesus.
'Tis true in one respect, my subject requires that I should rifle all the Rarities of Nature, and gather up all the Flowers of Retorick; that I should borrow (were it possible) the tongue of Angels, and speak words onely fit for heaven. But on the other side, 'tis more necessary ⟨p. 28⟩to speak in the simplicity of the Gospel, and to set forth truth as it is in Jesus.
And therefore, Christians, if your consciences be asleep, I beseech you waken them a little. I have an Errand from God unto you: I speak, at present, to those of you that worship God, and yet are Atheists; that profess Christ, yet are not Christians; if you will not give me leave, I will take it, to break in upon your consciences, and to charge you, as you will answer it at your eternal peril, to make true answer to this searching demand.
And therefore, Christians, if your consciences be asleep, I beseech you waken them a little. I have an Errand from God unto you: I speak, at present, to those of you that worship God, and yet are Atheists; that professe Christ, yet are not Christians; if you will not give me leave, I will take it, to breake in upon your consciences, and to charge you, as you will answer it at your eternall perill, to make true answer to this searching demand.