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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.
Reflection II.
To choose Evil Company, is a Folly, that will be Accompanied with a world of Evil. What was it that betrayed Peter? It was his falling into Evil Company. He who does That, knows not into what he shall Fall. We read, Luk.22.55. When they had kindled a Fire, and were sat down together, Peter sat down among them, And by Sitting down among those, who Blasphemed and Reviled the Lord Jesus Christ, where he durst not Reprove them, he came at length to do like the rest of the Company. It was a Note long ago made upon this matter; Vide quam noxia sint prav•rum Colloquia, quae cogunt Petrum, ut neget Christum, quem inter Discipulos Confessus erat Dei Filium. Alas, The Devil has not a stronger Enchantment for the Children of men, than Evil Company. Sirs, If you would be preserved from Denying of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and from Destroying your own SOULS, be very cautious of your Company; under the ⟨p. 32⟩awe of that awful word Prov. 13.20. A Companion of Fools shall be Destroyed.
To chuse Evil Company, is a Folly, that will be Accompanied with a world of Evil. What was it that betray'd Peter? It was his falling into Evil Company. He who does That, knows not into what he shall Fall. We read, Luk.22.55. When they had kindled a Fire, and were sat down together, Peter sat down among them, And by Sitting down among those, who Blasphemed and Reviled the Lord Jesus Christ, where he durst not Reprove them, he came at length to do like the rest of the Company. It was a Note long ago made upon this matter; Vide quam noxia sint pravrum Colloquia, quae cogunt Petrum, ut neget Christum, quem inter Discipulos Confessus erat Dei Filium. Alas, The Devil has not a stronger Enchantment for the Children of men, than Evil Company. Syrs, If you would be preserved from Denying of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and from Destroying your own SOULS, be very cautious of your Company; under the