N00887:71
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.
A Crowd will do best in the Cold, I will crowd close together a few Instructions.
A Croud will do best in the Cold, I will croud close together a few Instructions.
First, Consider, O Christians, That the more Self denial you undergo, for the Serving of the Lord Jesus Christ, under the Obstructions ⟨p. 39⟩of the Cold, the greater will be the Recompense which the Lord Jesus Christ will bestow upon you, at the Spring of Heavenly and Eternal Glory, The more that our Devotions do cost us, the greater is the comfort and sweetness of them, even in this world▪ and the greater the Reward that is to come, in the World to come. The Martyrs, that were Frozen to Death, went unto the pleasant Climate of Paradise. Even those Bodies, that have suffered the Hardships of Cold, in the Service of the Lord, shall one day be made Chariots of Fire, for the Spirits of the Faithful. Sirs, I say unto you, 1 Cor.15.58. Your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord.
First, Consider, O Christians, That the more Self denial you undergo, for the Serving of the Lord Jesus Christ, under the Obstructions ⟨p. 39⟩of the Cold, the greater will be the Recompence which the Lord Jesus Christ will bestow upon you, at the Spring of Heavenly and Eternal Glory, The more that our Devotions do cost us, the greater is the comfort and sweetness of them, even in this world▪ and the greater the Reward that is to come, in the World to come. The Martyrs, that were Frozen to Death, went unto the pleasant Climate of Paradise. Even those Bodies, that have suffered the Hardships of Cold, in the Service of the Lord, shall one day be made Chariots of Fire, for the Spirits of the Faithful. Syrs, I say unto you,