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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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But now dismissing that Thought, the Ashes of my Fire, cause me to think, on the Terms wherein the Father of the Faithful addressed the God of Heaven, Gen. 18 27. Behold now I have taken upon me, to speak unto the Lord who am but Dust and Ashes. Well may Sinful man appear as Dust and Ashes, when he appears before that Infinite Majesty, which […] a Consuming Fire. The Holy God had not […] from Abraham, that He was going to Lay the Wicked Cities in Dust and Ashes, by Fire from ⟨p. 185⟩Heaven. And now says Abraham, Lord, I deserve my self to be by Fire from Heaven, struck into Dust and Ashes! Truly, When I see the Ashes before me, I must confess, that I am worthy my self to be made Ashes immediately by the Fire of the Divine Indignation. Lord, If Sin can render any thing soon incinerable, I may wonder that I am yet any thing but a little Heap of Ashes. Yea, the best of men, when making their Prayers to God for the Worst of men, must confess, That the Fate and Fire of the worst of men, might justly be dispensed unto them.
But now dismissing that Thought, the Ashes of my Fire, cause me to think, on the Terms wherein the Father of the Faithful addressed the God of Heaven, Gen. 18 27. Behold now I have taken upon me, to speak unto the Lord who am but Dust and Ashes. Well may Sinful man appear as Dust and Ashes, when he appears before that Infinite Majesty, which 〈…〉 a Consuming Fire. The Holy God had not 〈…〉 from Abraham, that He was going to Lay the Wicked Cities in Dust and Ashes, by Fire from ⟨p. 185⟩Heaven. And now says Abraham, Lord, I deserve my self to be by Fire from Heaven, struck into Dust and Ashes! Truly, When I see the Ashes before me, I must confess, that I am worthy my self to be made Ashes immediately by the Fire of the Divine Indignation. Lord, If Sin can render any thing soon incinerable, I may wonder that I am yet any thing but a little Heap of Ashes. Yea, the best of men, when making their Prayers to God for the Worst of men, must confess, That the Fate and Fire of the worst of men, might justly be dispensed unto them.