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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.
His Joys are changed. He rejoiceth in the way of Gods testimonies, as much as in all riches: Psal 119. 14. He delights in the law of the Lord, wherein once he had little savour. He hath no such joy, as in the thoughts of Christ, the fruition of his company, the prosperity of his people.
His Ioys are changed. He rejoyceth in the way of Gods testimonies, as much as in all riches: Psal 119. 14. He delights in the law of the Lord, wherein once he had little savour. He hath no such joy, as in the thoughts of Christ, the fruition of his company, the prosperity of his people.
His Cares are quite altered. He was once set for the world, and any scraps of by-time, nothing (too often) was enough for his soul. Now he gives over caring for the asses, and sets his heart on the Kingdom. Now all the cry is, What shall I do to be saved? Act. 16. 30. His great solicitude is, how to secure his soul. Oh! how he would bless you, if you could but put him out of doubt of this!
His Cares are quite altered. He was once set for the world, and any scraps of by-time, nothing (too often) was enough for his soul. Now he gives over caring for the asses, and sets his heart on the Kingdom. Now all the cry is, What shall I do to be saved? Act. 16. 30. His great sollicitude is, how to secure his soul. Oh! how he would bless you, if you could but put him out of doubt of this!
His Fears are not so much of suffering; but of sinning. Heb. 11. 25, 27. Once he was afraid of nothing so much as the loss of his estate, or esteem, the displeasure of friends, the frowns