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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.
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, 2 Chron. 36.16. The wrath of the Lord arose, till there was no Remedy. Behold, Now is the Day of Salvation!
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 Brasen-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, 2 Chron. 36.16. The wrath of the Lord arose, till there was no Remedy. Behold, Now is the Day of Salvation!