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Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things
Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things: or, the doctrine of regeneration, the new birth, the very beginning of a godly life. Delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for I.A., 1650
Appendix › Chapter 5 › Section 4: The promises procuring a relying on 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.
Isa. 55.7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous ⟨p. 67⟩man his thoughts (and this is thy desire, thy case) and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Or if all this will not do without a more solemn invitation, see then how the Lord of heaven sends forth his Ambassadors to move thee, and entreat thee to come in:
Isa. 55.7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous ⟨p. 67⟩man his thoughts (and this is thy desire, thy case) and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Or if all this will not do without a more solemn invitation, see then how the Lord of heaven sends forth his Embassadors to move thee, and entreat thee to come in:
2 Cor. 5.20. Now then we are Ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconciled unto God. Or if he cannot woo thee, lo he commands thee:
2 Cor. 5.20. Now then we are Embassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconciled unto God. Or if he cannot woo thee, lo he commands thee: