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The Soul's Preparation for Christ
The souls preparation for Christ. Or, A treatise of contrition Wherein is discovered how God breaks the heart and wounds the soul, in the conversion of a sinner to Himself.The soules preparation for Christ. Or, A treatise of contrition Wherein is discovered how God breaks the heart and wounds the soule, in the conversion of a sinner to Himselfe.
London: printed by M. Flesher for Robert Dawlman, 1632London: printed by M. Flesher for Robert Davvlman, 1632
THE SOULS PREPARATION FOR CHRIST.THE SOVLES PREPARATION FOR CHRIST.
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.
So you that keep your sins as sugar under your tongues, and will be loose, and malicious, and covetous still; well, you will have your thirty pence still, and they are laid up safe, as Achans wedge of gold was; remember this, God will one ⟨p. 245⟩day open the closets of your hearts, and lay you upon your death beds, and then haply ye will prove mad, and vomit up all: were it not better to confess your sins to some faithful minister now?
So you that keepe your sinnes as sugar under your tongues, and will be loose, and malitious, and covetous still; well, you will have your thirtie pence still, and they are layed up safe, as Achans wedge of gold was; remember this, God will one ⟨p. 245⟩day open the clossets of your hearts, and lay you upon your death beds, and then haply yee will prove mad, and vomit up all: were it not better to confesse your sinnes to some faithfull minister now?
If you will not give the Lord his glory, he will distrain for it, & have it from your heart blood, as Julian the apostate said, when the arrow was shot into his heart, he plucked it out, and cried saying, thou Galilean, thou hast overcome me, the Lord distrained for his glory, and had it out of his heart blood.
If you will not give the Lord his glory, he will distraine for it, & have it from your heart blood, as Iulian the apostata said, when the arrow was shot into his heart, he plucked it out, and cried saying, thou Galilean, thou hast overcome me, the Lord distrained for his glory, and had it out of his heart blood.