N00887:272
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.
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 ⟨p. 149⟩for the Afflicted, are not Impertinent Yea, while we walk in the Street, or Sit in a Room, with our minds, otherwise wholly unemployed, it is pity to lose this Time. Is it not possible for us, now, to use our Wit as well as our Grace, in contriving of some Suitable Blessing, for such and such persons as are them before us, & then shape it into some Ejaculation for them, which we will never discover unto any, but unto that God, who knows our thoughts afar off.
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 pitty them! &, God strengthen them! and, God succour them! these Ejaculations