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Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the…
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the great blessedness, which Christian parents desire, both for themselves, and for their children. In a discourse, now put into the hands of such parents, as would be assisted in their duty, by putting such things into the hands of their children. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by Timothy Green, 1705
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Parental Wishes and Charges. › [On the Lords-Day Evening; To my YOUNG MEN.]
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 CHRIST; Who, who shall declare His Excellency? Children, If there were proffered unto you, the Enjoyment of this World, in all the Glory of it, a little Time were enough to Relate all that you are to Enjoy. We read, The Tempter showed our Saviour, Luk. 4. 5. All the Kingdoms of the world in a Moment of Time. It is a moral and witty Gloss, that Ambrose has upon it; In momento enim cuncta illa praetereunt. They last but for a Moment; If they are not shown in a Moment, they cannot be shown at all. Oh! But the Enjoyment of a CHRIST; An Eternity, an Eternity, is ⟨p. 37⟩little enough, to Relate all the Glory that is contained in it. God the Father is forever Beholding His CHRIST, with a Divine Contemplation & Satisfaction. The Object of the Contemplation is the SON of God. The Satisfaction in that Object, is the SPIRIT of God. Arise, my dear Young People, Arise to an Unspeakable, Ravishing, Heavenly Communion with the adorable Trinity; You do it, when the SPIRIT of God, affects you with a prospect of what you shall Enjoy in having the SON of God for yours!
A CHRIST; Who, who shall declare His Excellency? Children, If there were proffered unto you, the Enjoyment of this World, in all the Glory of it, a little Time were enough to Relate all that you are to Enjoy. We read, The Tempter show'd our Saviour, Luk. 4. 5. All the Kingdoms of the world in a Moment of Time. It is a moral and witty Gloss, that Ambrose has upon it; In momento enim cuncta illa praetereunt. They last but for a Moment; If they are not shown in a Moment, they cannot be shown at all. Oh! But the Enjoyment of a CHRIST; An Eternity, an Eternity, is ⟨p. 37⟩little enough, to Relate all the Glory that is contained in it. God the Father is forever Beholding His CHRIST, with a Divine Contemplation & Satisfaction. The Object of the Contemplation is the SON of God. The Satisfaction in that Object, is the SPIRIT of God. Arise, my dear Young People, Arise to an Unspeakable, Ravishing, Heavenly Communion with the adorable Trinity; You do it, when the SPIRIT of God, affects you with a prospect of what you shall Enjoy in having the SON of God for yours!