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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 XXIV.
On the Ascending of the Flame.
One of the most visible Things about the Fire, is the Flame; and one of the most sensible Things about the Flame, is the Motion and Ascent of it. But our Hissing Flame, does not move upward, without calling upon us, as the Primitive Christians, when they were beginning ⟨p. 144⟩their Acts of public Worship, did use to be called upon, Sursum Corda! or, Let your Hearts move upward! If naturally the Flat side of my Heart Lie towards Heaven, and the Sharp side of it Lie towards Earth, I wish my Heart may be turned, even turned into the contrary posture of the Flame, which I am now thinking on. An Heavenly Tendency is the property of every Godly man; His Conversation is in Heaven May I now express it, in my own Desire and purpose to labour after that property.
ONe of the most visible Things about the Fire, is the Flame; and one of the most sensible Things about the Flame, is the Motion and Ascent of it. But our Hissing Flame, does not move upward, without calling upon us, as the Primitive Christians, when they were beginning ⟨p. 144⟩their Acts of publick Worship, did use to be called upon, Sursum Corda! or, Let your Hearts move upward! If naturally the Flat side of my Heart Ly towards Heaven, and the Sharp side of it Ly towards Earth, I wish my Heart may be turned, even turned into the contrary posture of the Flame, which I am now thinking on. An Heavenly Tendency is the property of every Godly man; His Conversation is in Heaven May I now express it, in my own Desire and purpose to labour after that property.