A26682:183
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.
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⟩than in Christ. He took religion for a fancy, and the talk of great enjoyments, for an idle dream. But now, to him to live is Christ. He sets light by all that he accounted precious, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. Phil. 3. 8.
All of Christ is accepted by the sincere Convert. He loves not only the wages, but work of Christ: Rom. 7. 22. not only the benefits, but the burden of Christ. He is willing not only to tread out the corn, but to draw under the yoke: he takes up the commands of Christ, yea and the Cross of Christ. Mat. 11. Mat. 16. 24.