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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Furthermore, We may Supplicate the Favours of God, for our Outward man, by our Ejaculations on many Occasions. Every new matter of Care brings with it a new matter of Prayer. What shall we do, but by a short Ejaculation carry it unto the Lord? It would be a glorious Thing if we could Resign all our New Concerns every Hour, unto the Disposal of our God, Who performeth all things for us But it cannot explicitly and comfortably be done, without Ejaculations. And thus the Smile of God may be asked on all that we have to do. When a Servant of Abraham had some Affairs of his Masters, to look after, he had this Ejaculation upon it, Lord, send me good Speed! A weighty Question should not be answered without the pause of a preceding Ejaculation unto that Lord, from whom is, The Answer of the Tongue The Occasions of such Ejaculations are exceedingly multiplied, and ⟨p. 148⟩multifarious. Yea, how often in a Day, have we Occasion to wish, Lord, Let thy Good Angels, have the charge ever me! or, Lord, my Help is in Thee, who didst make Heaven and Earth!
To proceed; It is not seldom, that we have Occasions of Ejaculations for the Whole Church of God; That Ejaculation Lord, Save thy People; or, Lord, Let thine Enemies be scattered! how often is it called for? Elder persons may ve•• fi•ly Bless the Younger, with Ejaculations over them. It was no improper Ejaculation, that Joseph had ever Benjamin, The Lord be gracious to thee, my Son. And methinks, a Parent may find it almost an hard thing, to behold his Children without some such Ejaculation over them, Lord. Make, and Save, and Use this Child, as thy own for ever! And have those that are more Equals, no Benedictions for one another, to be conveyed in charitable Ejaculations? Yes, The Ejaculations that passed between Boaz and his Reapers, The Lord be with you! and, The Lord bless you! are calculated to the Lips of us all towards one another. It was the Ruse, which one prescribed unto himself, When I think of my Friend, let it be with a praying thought! Be sure; whenever we are informed of any Neighbour in any Affliction, then our charitable Ejaculations are be spoke upon it: God pity them! &, God strengthen them! and, God succour them! these Ejaculations