N00768:61
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair…
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair unto him for his heavenly remedies. A brief discourse, meditated by one under bodily illness, and profitable for all that are under spiritual. : [Two lines in Latin from Ambrose]
printed by Timothy Green, 1700
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.
Well then; Repair to the Lord Jesus Christ, with all the Diseases of your Souls: And spread them all before Him; Conceal none of them, Smother none of them. He demands of you, as in Mar. 10.51. What wilt thou, that I shall do unto thee? Now, as that Blind man answered, Lord, That I might Receive my Sight? So do you answer, Lord, That my Sin may be Pardoned, Lord, That my Sin may be Conquered, Lord, That my Soul may be brought into a Right Frame, and that thy Image may be Renewed in my Soul; and that my Healed, and Strengthened Soul, may walk in thy ways, and serve thee in Holiness and Righteousness before thee, all my Days!
Well then; Repair to the Lord Jesus Christ, with all the Diseases of your Souls: And spread them all before Him; Conceal none of them, Smother none of them. He demands of you, as in Mar. 10.51. What wilt thou, that I shall do unto thee? Now, as that Blind man answered, Lord, That I might Receive my Sight? So do you answer, Lord, That my Sin may be Pardoned, Lord, That my Sin may be Conquered, Lord, That my Soul may be brought into a Right Frame, and that thy Image may be Renewed in my Soul; and that my Healed, and Strengthned Soul, may walk in thy wayes, and serve thee in Holiness and Righteousness before thee, all my Dayes!
But, Let it be done Seasonably, Let it be done Immediately; Let it be done before it be too Late. An Israelite Stung by a Fiery-Serpent, would ⟨p. 32⟩not put off his Looking unto the Brazen-Serpent, that was lifted up for the Healing of the poisoned, and say, To morrow will be Time enough! The Lord Jesus Christ is lifted up, on His Cross, in His Gospel, that the Souls of men, Stung to Death, by the Old Serpent, may be Healed by their Looking unto Him. Oh, Do not say, To morrow I'll do this! For thou hast no Assurance of a To morrow; Boast not of it! But of this thou mayest be Assured, That thy Diseases will not be To morrow so likely to be Healed, as they are To Day; The longer thy Diseases be upon thee, the harder will they be to be Healed. Oh, Don't slight the merciful Tenders of thy Physician, lest the issue be as to them of Old,