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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.
Christianus per Ignem. Or, A Disciple WARMING himself And OWNING hi… › Mantissa.
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.
Mantissa.
While I am thus Writing on the Benefits of the Fire in General, Methinks, I am called upon thereby, not only to be Thankful for the Fire, but also to be Useful like […]. No Trade, nay, no Man, can subsist well without the Fire; which was therefore called, [Greek or Hebrew] by the Philosopher. Tis a very Serviceable, a very Profitable, Creature. And, O my God, shall not thy poor Servant be so too!
WHile I am thus Writing on the Benefits of the Fire in General, Methinks, I am called upon thereby, not only to be Thankful for the Fire, but also to be Useful like 〈…〉. No Trade, nay, no Man, can subsist well without the Fire; which was therefore called, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 by the Philosopher. Tis a very Serviceable, a very Profitable, Creature. And, O my God, shall not thy poor Servant be so too!
There is no man Sincerely Converted unto God in the Lord Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit, coming like an Heavenly Fire upon his Heart, but he becomes, as we read of the Converted Onesimus, A Profitable man; though before he were otherwise. Nevertheless, to be Ultimus Bonorum, or to do no more good than the least of Good men, should not be the ⟨p. 52⟩Highest Aim of every man. While others aspire to be Richer and Greater, why should it not be my Ambition, to be more Serviceable? I will say with him, Divitijs abundet per me licet, qui•anque voluerit: In operibus mea sit Abundantia.