A26682:182
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.
Here (saith the convinced sinner) here I will venture, and if I perish, I perish: if I die, I will die here. But Lord suffer me not to perish under the pitiful eyes of thy mercy. Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to turn away from following after thee. Ruth 1. 16. Here I will throw my self. If thou kick me, if thou kill me, Job 13. 15. I will not go from thy door.
Here (saith the convinced sinner) here I will venture, and if I perish, I perish: if I die, I will die here. But Lord suffer me not to perish under the pitiful eyes of thy mercy. Intreat me not to leave thee, nor to turn away from following after thee. Ruth 1. 16. Here I will throw my self. If thou kick me, if thou kill me, Iob 13. 15. I will not go from thy door.
Thus the poor soul doth venture upon Christ, and resolvedly adhere to him. Before Conversion the man made light of Christ, minded the •arm, friends, merchandise, more than Christ: Matth. 22. 5. now Christ is to him as his necessary food, his daily bread, the life of his heart, the staff of his life. Phil. 3. 9. His great design is, that Christ may be magnified in him. Phil. 1. 20. His heart once said, as they to the spouse, What is thy beloved, more than another? Cant. 5. 9. He found more sweetness in his merry company, wicked games, earthly delights, ⟨p. 51⟩