A26682:113
An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners
An alarm to unconverted sinners, in a serious treatise ... whereunto are annexed Divers practical cases of conscience judiciously resolved / by Joseph Alleine, late preacher of the Gospel at Taunton in Somerset-shire.An alarme to unconverted sinners, in a serious treatise ... whereunto are annexed Divers practical cases of conscience judiciously resolved / by Joseph Alleine, late preacher of the Gospel at Taunton in Somerset-shire.
London: printed by E.T. and R.H., 1672
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.
Conversion then (in short) lies, in the thorough change both of the heart, and life. I shall briefly describe it in its nature and causes.
Conversion then (in short) lies, in the thorow change both of the heart, and life. I shall briefly describe it in its nature and causes.
1. The Author of it is the spirit of God; and therefore it is called, the sanctification of the spirit; ⟨p. 20⟩2 Thes. 2. 13. and the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Tit. 3. 5. Yet not excluding the other persons in the Trinity: For the Apostle teacheth us, to bless the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for that he hath begotten us again: 1 Pet. 1. 3. and Christ is said, to give repentance to Israel; Acts 5. 31. and is called the everlasting Father; Isaiah 9. 6. and we his seed, and the children which God hath given him Heb. 2. 13. Isaiah 53. 10. Oh blessed birth! Seven Cities contended for the birth of Homer: but the whole Trinity fathers the new creature. Yet is this work principally ascribed to the Holy Ghost, and so we are said to be born of the Spirit. John 3. 8.
1. The Author of it is the spirit of God; and therefore it is called, the sanctification of the spirit; ⟨p. 20⟩