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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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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.
Meditation. XXVIII.
On the Fire, Endangering the Clothes of One in the Company.
A Spark from the Fire before us, had insensibly flown and fallen, on the Garments of one in our Company; but I was, more sensible of the Danger attending his, Garments, than he was himself; and presently advising him of it, I received his Thanks for the Advice.
A Spark from the Fire before us, had insensibly flown and fall'n, on the Garments of one in our Company; but I was, more sensible of the Danger attending his, Garments, than he was himself; and presently advising him of it, I received his Thanks for the Advice.
I called now to mind, that charge of God, Lev. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hat•e thy Brother in thy Heart; Thou shalt in any wise Rebuke thy ⟨p. 160⟩Neighbour, and not suffer Sin upon him: or, as it may be read, That thou hear not Sin […] him. When I see any Sin upon my Neighbour, I see what is infinitely worse than a Spark of Fire upon his Garments. I am sure, it is said,