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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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Christianus per Ignem. Or, A Disciple WARMING himself And OWNING hi… › Mantissa.
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It was justly asked, Can a man be profitable unto God? No, That he cannot; And when he has done all that he can do, (were it a Million times more than it is,) he must own, Lord, I am an unprofitable Servant. The most glorious Use, that I can be put unto, is, To be made a Subject of those Graces, and a Doer of those Gracious Actions, which the ever blessed God, who makes me so, shall Behold with Delight, and which may Excite all other Beholders to magnify Him for ever.
It was justly ask'd, Can a man be profitable unto God? No, That he cannot; And when he has done all that he can do, (were it a Million times more than it is,) he must own, Lord, I am an unprofitable Servant. The most glorious Use, that I can be put unto, is, To be made a Subject of those Graces, and a Doer of those Gracious Actions, which the ever blessed God, who makes me so, shall Behold with Delight, and which may Excite all other Beholders to magnify Him for ever.
But there are many ways, wherein I wish I may be Useful unto my Neighbours. May I be such a Child of Abraham, as to be made a Blessing, which is indeed a Peerless Blessing?
I wish, That I may be of so ingenuous a Temper, as to reckon the conferring of Benefits and Kindnesses, the Sweetest pleasure upon Earth.