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The way to excel. Meditations, awakened by the death of the Reverend Mr. Joshua…
The way to excel. Meditations, awakened by the death of the Reverend Mr. Joshua Moodey; with some short character of that eminent person: who slept in Jesus, 4d. 5.m. 1697. In the sixty fifth year of his age. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Six lines from Joshua]
printed by B. Green, 1697
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
But, in fine, 'Tis our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who is, The Face of God. That is His Name, frequently in the Old Testament; and in this Hi•t, I have given you a Golden Key to come at the sense of many passages in the Sacred Pages, about, The Face of God, and, The Light of that Face: 'Twas the Messiah. Tis then our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who is to be the more Immediate Object of our Apprehensions, when we would become Angelical; 'Tis God in our Lord JESUS CHRIST: Whenever we entertain any Thing of GOD in our minds, it should be with a CHRIST, and through' a CHRIST. Those who do all they can, to Forge a CHRISTIANITY, without a CHRIST, are so far from Like Angels of the Lord, that they are Traitors to the King of Heaven!
But, in fine, 'Tis our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who is, The Face of God. That is His Name, frequently in the Old Testament; and in this Hi•t, I have given you a Golden Key to come at the sense of many passages in the Sacred Pages, about, The Face of God, and, The Light of that Face: 'Twas the Messiah. Tis then our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who is to be the more Immediate Object of our Apprehensions, when we would become Angolical; 'Tis God in our Lord JESUS CHRIST: Whenever we entertain any Thing of GOD in our minds, it should be with a CHRIST, and thro' a CHRIST. Those who do all they can, to Forge a CHRISTIANITY, without a CHRIST, are so far from Like Angels of the Lord, that they are Traitors to the King of Heaven!
II. We may render our selves Angelical, by our Endeavours of a present, and a pleasant and an ⟨p. 17⟩Universal Obedience, unto the Lord JESUS CHRIST, the Lord of Angels. Who's are the Angels, but the Angels of the Lord? And, [as in 1 Kin. 18.12. and Act. 8.39.] The Spirits of the Lord. Our Lord JESUS CHRIST is the Lord General of all the Angels; He is the Lord of Hosts; and all those Hosts of Heaven are under His Command; We read in