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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.
The Mediate term of Conversion is either Principal, or less Principal.
The Principal is Christ, the only mediator between God and man. 1 Tim. 2. 5. His work is to bring us to God; 1 Pet. 3. 18. he is the way to the Father, John 14. 6. the only plank on which we may escape, the only door by which we may enter. John 10. 9. Conversion brings over the soul to Christ, to accept of him, Col. 2. 6. as the only means of life, as the only way, the only name given under Heaven: Act. 4. 12. He looks not for salvation in any other, but him; nor in any other with him; but throws himself on Christ alone, as one that should cast himself with spread arms upon the Sea.
The Principal is Christ, the only mediatour between God and man. 1 Tim. 2. 5. His work is to bring us to God; 1 Pet. 3. 18. he is the way to the Father, Iohn 14. 6. the only plank on which we may escape, the only door by which we may enter. Iohn 10. 9. Conversion brings over the soul to Christ, to accept of him, Col. 2. 6. as the only means of life, as the only way, the only name given under Heaven: