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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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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.
Oh, that my Heart were more Inflamed with Gratitude unto the Lord, whose Goodness has favoured us, with such Flames of Fire, to be Ministering Spirits, sent forth to minister for them. Who shall be Heirs of Salvation.
Oh, that my Heart were more Inflamed with Gratitude unto the Lord, whose Goodness has favoured us, with such Flames of Fire, to be Ministring Spirits, sent forth to minister for them. Who shall be Heirs of Salvation.
But then, how much concerned ought I to be, lest I provoke the Good Angels, and render my self obnoxious to terrible strokes from these Flames of Fire. To forfeit their Assistance, is calamity enough; What will it be then, to Incur their Displeasure? They are Mighty Angels, and one of them, has before now, made Mighty Armies, and Mighty Monarchs, to fall before him; and it has been thereat cried out, Who among us shall dwell with the Devouring Fire? Who among us shall dwell with Everlasting Burnings?
But then, how much concerned ought I to be, lest I provoke the Good Angels, and render my self obnexious to terrible strokes from these Flames of Fire. To forfeit their Assistance, is calamity enough; What will it be then, to Incur their Displeasure? They are Mighty Angels, and one of them, has before now, made Mighty Armies, and Mighty Monarchs, to fall before him; and it has been thereat cried out, Who among us shall dwell with the Devouring Fire? Who among us shall dwell with Everlasting Burnings?
Wherefore, Let me avoid all Unholiness, lest the Holy Angel; be offended at me, It is a good Note of Chemnitius, Caveamus •e vit•• lmpuritate, hosce Sanctos Custodes a nob•s abigamus. And now, Let behave my self as under the Eye of Angels; putting this unto my Conscience when I am tempted unto any vile Thing; Would I venture to do this, if an Angel clothed with a Flame of Fire, were visibly before me. Let me also labour to be Like the Angels, wholly Dedicated unto God, always at work for God, and like a Flame of Fire, in