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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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Meditation XXXVIII.
On the Fire brands.
Retiring to my Rest, I am very particularly careful, That the Fire brands do no mischiefs. How carefully do I separate these Fire brands, and Lodge them in several places and postures, and perhaps cover some of them ⟨p. 189⟩with Ashes, through' a Fear lest before I return, they lay all in Ashes.
REtiring to my Rest, I am very particularly careful, That the Fire brands do no mischiefs. How carefully do I separate these Fire brands, and Lodge them in several places and postures, and perhaps cover some of them ⟨p. 189⟩with Ashes, thro' a Fear lest before I return, they lay all in Ashes.
Of all the Things in the world, I do most heartily wish, That I may not be a Fire brand. Indeed, when the Grace of God saved me from the Errors and the Dangers of my Unregenerate State, it might be said of me, as of Joshua, when saved from those of Babylon;