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Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord:…
Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord: with devout and useful meditations, fetched out of the fire, by a Christian in a cold season, sitting before it. A work though never out of season, yet more particularly, designed for the seasonable and profitable entertainment, of them that would well employ their leisure [sic] by the fire-side. : [Three lines in Latin from Alsted]Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord: with devout and useful meditations, fetch'd out of the fire, by a Christian in a cold season, sitting before it. A work though never out of season, yet more particularly, designed for the seasonable and profitable entertainment, of them that would well employ their liesure [sic] by the fire-side. : [Three lines in Latin from Alsted]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1702
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Meditation VIII.
On the Lighting of a Candle at the Fire.
Going this Evening, to write a short Reflection upon my Fire, it was necessary my Candle should first be Lighted, and it being at the Fire it self that it was Lighted, this very circumstance affords me something to Reflect upon.
GOing this Evening, to write a short Reflection upon my Fire, it was necessary my Candle should first be Lighted, and it being at the Fire it self that it was Lighted, this very circumstance affords me something to Reflect upon.
If I compare Contention unto the Fire, I shall have Scripture and Reason enough, to justify the comparison. And now, though I hope, I shall not be a man of Contention my self, yet I would fain fetch Light from the Contention wherein I see other men engaged. Let the Heat of Contentious people afford Light unto me, and let me Learn many Instructions of Wisdom, out of their Foolish Contentions.