Characters in Blood, Title page – To the reader
Carracters IN BLOOD: OR, A Bleeding Saviour, Held out to a BLEEDING SINNER.
WHEREIN He may know whether he hath been called, by, and followed after the leadings of the Spirit.
Being a draught of the Spare-hours of a Lover of the Faithful.
By R. O.
London, Printed for the Author. 1671.
Academiae Cantabrigienſis Liber
To all thoſe, into whoſe hands this may fall, whether Teachers or Learners.
MY earneſt Requeſt to all, is that you would take every one his Portion, as you find it according to Truth; what's not Truth, let that be returned to me, or blotted out, but if thou find' ſi it truth when brought to the teſt, of Holy Write, then I adviſe thee to receive and embrace and put it in practice, and if thou doſt not reſolve ſo to do, lay it down and … no further: whether it be reproof to any, or conjolation to any, be ſure not to reject it: it may be it may meet with ſome that will cry tear it, cut it, burn it, to the Law and to the Teſtimony Man, if it agree not with that, I ſay ſo too; but if it agree with that, take heed, as for thy life, thy Soul, Man, or Woman, what thou doſt, whatever Men ſay Man, that's inſignificant, thy great concern is to hearken what God the Lord ſpeaks, if he ſpeaks Peace man, ſay not thou there is no peace; and if he ſay return no more to folly, take heed and venture not, for Gods ſpeaking Peace to any, admits of no liberty of Sin, though this be the very guiſe of Profeſſors at this very day, I ſhall ſay no more to thee now, only begg thee to be ſerious, and not dally with the things of thy ſoul.
R. O.
1 Cor. 5. 7.
For even Chriſt our Paſs-over is Sacrificed for us.