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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.
Our First Observation.
An Eminent Professor, may, and, if Left unto himself he will, become a Scandalous Denier, of the Lord JESUS CHRIST.
An Eminent Professor, may, and, if Left unto himself he will, become a Scandalous Denyer, of the Lord JESUS CHRIST.
We know, What hath been, may be. Upon Peters Fall, we may read that Admonition, Admonetur omnis aetas, id fieri posse, quo• aliquando factum est. It may set our Souls even on Fire with Astonishment, for us to Read what hath been, in the Instance of Peter; whereto, I pray, give now your Attention.
The Denial of the Lord JESUS CHRIST by Peter, is Reported by all the Four Evangelists, among the Sufferings of our Lord. For indeed the Sufferings of our Lord thereby, were not a little aggravated: That one, who should have appeared as a witness to the Innocency of his Lord, should now so Desert Him, and so Deny Him, and so Adjure Him. ⟨p. 21⟩No doubt, it made the Enemies of our Lord, the more to insult over Him, and flout, See how bravely this Doctor hath instructed his Disciples! This doubtless hardened those Enemies in what they were about: And our Lord over hearing the speeches of Peter, therefore looked back with inexpressible Grief upon him. In the mean Time, sit still with admiration at the Flaming Love of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was now Suffering for them that were at this Time Sinning. Tho' our Lord were sensible, that Peter were now Denying of Him, yet He would not give over the work of Dying for Peter, to save Peter from the Sin of his Denial, that Peter might not be Denied by the merciful God of Heaven, that the plagues which Peter was wickedly wishing to himself might not come upon him, according to his wicked wishes. Behold, Sirs, Behold, a Love the Flames whereof are more ardent, than those at which you would now warm your selves. But I am very prone to suspect, that there was a further special Design of all the Evangelists, in reporting Peters Denial of the Lord; and I believe Peter himself did, for that among other causes, desire every one of them, and Mark above the rest, that they would particularly tell the Story of his miscarriage in their Gospels. Tis This; Peters Denying of our Lord, gives an irrefragable and ungainsayable Demonstration, to the Truth