A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire Of Zeale
Samuel Ward
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To my reverend Friend Mr. SAMUEL WARD.
To my reverend Friend Mr. SAMUEL WARD.
Sir, your Sermon which I copied partly from your mouth, and partly from your notes, I have adventured into the light; encouraged by the approbation, and earnest entreaty of such, whose judgements you reverence, and whose love you embrace: who also have made bolde heere and there to varie some things, not of any great consequence, if I can judge. I was loth to smoother such fire in my brest; but to vent it, to enflame others. If you shall blame me, I know others will thanke mee. What I have done,
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Revel. 3. 19. Be zealous.
Revel. 3. 19. Be zealous.
This watch-word of Christ, if it be not now a word in season, I know not when ever it was, or will bee: Would he now vouchsafe to bestow a letter upon his Church heere on earth; should hee need to alter the tenour of this? which being the last, to the last of the seaven Churches, why may it not (saith an Ancient, upon this text) typifie the estate of the last Age of his Churches? the coldnesse whereof himselfe hath expressely foretolde. And if God should now send through he earth such surveying
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A Coale from the Altar.
A Coale from the Altar.
Revel. 3.19. Ζηλωσον , Be Zealous. Zeale hath been little practized, lesse studied: this heavenly fire hath ever beene a stranger upon earth. Few in all ages that have felt the heat of it, fewer that have knowne the nature of it. A description will rake it out of the embers of obscurity: and it may be that many when they shall know it better, will better affect it. 2. Zeale hath many counterfets and allies. There are many strange fires which having sought to carry away the credit of it, have bro
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