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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.
On the Uniting of the Flame.
I See Flames ascend from several parts of the […] near one another; yea, I see Flames […] from the several sorts of the Fuel But I se• th• as they Ascend, they all unite. Flames do […] and […] Incorporate, and one can […] Difference.
I See Flames ascend from several parts of the 〈…〉 near one another; yea, I see Flames 〈…〉 from the several sorts of the Fuel But I se• th• as they Ascend, they all unite. Flames do 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 Incorporate, and one can 〈…〉 Difference.
I would to God, There were as much Union among all the true Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Devotions of Good men, are like Flames ascending before the Lord Oh, ⟨p. 151⟩Oh, that they were now United. I never much admired, the violent pressing of Uniformity; but there may be Unity without Uniformity. Indeed, I have read of two persons, who much maligned one another while they Lived, that when they Dyed, being together Burned in the same Funeral Pile, the Flames that ascended from each of them, sensibly divided. But I am sure, the minds of Godly men (those pure Flames!) will be perfectly United after Death, Ubi Luthero cum Zuinglio optime jam convenit. But why should they not be better United in their minds, while they are Alive? Our Prayers, are to be Flames, going up to Heaven: Union is advised in all Relations and Societies, That our prayers be not hindered. If the Great Hearer of Prayer, see His Praying Saints, Agreeing together, and, Of one Accord, in their asking of His Blessings, and all their Prayers, combining into one Flame, There He will command the Blessing. Lord, Let there be a concurrence in the Prayers of thy Faithful people; and Let my prayers be heartily and readily joined unto Theirs.