Pgtiou ,fait). of Blood included in a Jafper -flone, given out to be the very Blood of Chriif: This every Fri- day at a certain hour was (hewn, and upon view feemed to open and draw out it fell, as it were in three parts, and then to go together again': It was followed by great concourfes of people,and efleemed very Sacred for 300 years. Had this Toy beeti true and genuine, I might yet fay as Maius the German Divine did to one,who asked him, If it would not be a great Confolation to a poor Thief ready to die, to be told, That Chrift according to the Heal is fo near him, that even in fume he may have him ? At melius in corde, 'tis better having the Blood of Chrift in the heart than any other way ; fuch an having produces, the glorious Experiments before fpoken of. And as the Death of Chrift is experimented fo is his Refurreelion. In the Peace of God the Believer may read that the Debt is fully paid, and the Surety out of the prifon of the Grave ; In the inward fpiritual Refurre &on he may find that Almighty power which railed up 7efus from the dead ; In heavenly elevations and affec` ions he may feel holy touches from Chrift fitting at God; right hand, and attraHing his Heart into the upper world : In the excellent mingfterial Gifts in the Church he may know that Chrift is above, and lets drop thefe for the perfec`ling of the Saints ; and in his lively hope of the incor- ruptible Inheritance, he may prove the Ptefur- reE7ion of Chriff by which he is begotten again unto it. Such Experiments as thefe wonderfully ra- tifie 365
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