William Penn
No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ; And That the Denial of Self, and Daily Bearing of ... the Rest and Kingdom of God
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books Jan. 19, 2018)
Excerpt from No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ; And That the Denial of Self, and Daily Bearing of Christ's Cross, Is the Alone Way to the Rest and Kingdom of God
Come, Reader, hearken to me a while; I feek thy falvation: that is my plot, thou wilt forgive me. A refiner 15 come near thee, his grace hath appeared to thee: it {hows thee the World 3 lufis, and teacheth thee to deny them Receive his leaven, and it will change thee his In ediciiie, and It will cure thee: he 13 as in fall ibl e as mei without money, and wrt A touch of it Its garment did It of old his virtue is the fame, it cannot be exhaufied; for in him the fulnefs dwells: bl eed be God for his fuifici ency. He laid help upon him, that he might be mighty to fave all that come to God through him do thou £0, and he will change thee aye, thy vile body like unto his glorious body. He is the great philofopher indeed, the wii idom of God, that turns lead into gold, vile things Into things precious: for he maketh faints out offinners, and almofi gods of men. What relis to us then, that we mufi: do, to be thus witnees of his pow er and love? 'i his is the Crown: but where is the Crofs Where is the bitter cup and bloody baptifm Come, Reader, be like him; for this tranfcendentjoy, lift up thy head above the world; then thy falvation will draw nigh indeed.
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Come, Reader, hearken to me a while; I feek thy falvation: that is my plot, thou wilt forgive me. A refiner 15 come near thee, his grace hath appeared to thee: it {hows thee the World 3 lufis, and teacheth thee to deny them Receive his leaven, and it will change thee his In ediciiie, and It will cure thee: he 13 as in fall ibl e as mei without money, and wrt A touch of it Its garment did It of old his virtue is the fame, it cannot be exhaufied; for in him the fulnefs dwells: bl eed be God for his fuifici ency. He laid help upon him, that he might be mighty to fave all that come to God through him do thou £0, and he will change thee aye, thy vile body like unto his glorious body. He is the great philofopher indeed, the wii idom of God, that turns lead into gold, vile things Into things precious: for he maketh faints out offinners, and almofi gods of men. What relis to us then, that we mufi: do, to be thus witnees of his pow er and love? 'i his is the Crown: but where is the Crofs Where is the bitter cup and bloody baptifm Come, Reader, be like him; for this tranfcendentjoy, lift up thy head above the world; then thy falvation will draw nigh indeed.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 0428237339 / 9780428237332
- Pages
- 362
- Weight
- 22.72 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.81 in.