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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.
Obj. Would you have us to despair?
An. You must despair of ever coming to Heaven as you are, Act. 2. 37. that is while you remain unconverted. You must despair ever to see the face of God without holiness: but you must by no means despair of finding mercy, upon your through repentance and conversion: neither may you despair of attaining to repentance and conversion, in the use of Gods means.
V. Without this all that Christ hath done and suffered will be (as to you) in vain; John 13. 8. Tit. 2. 14. that is, it will no way avail to your salvation. Many urge this, as sufficient ground for their hopes, that Christ died for sinners: but I must tell you, Christ never died to save impenitent and unconverted sinners (so continuing.) 2 T•m 2. 19. A great Divine was wont, in his private dealings with souls, to ask two questions. 1. What hath Christ done for you? 2. What hath Christ wrought in you? Without the application of the spirit in Regeneration, we can have no saving interest in the benefits of Redemption. I tell you from the Lord, Christ himself cannot save you, if you go on in this estate.
V. Without this all that Christ hath done and suffered will be (as to you) in vain; Iohn 13. 8. Tit. 2. 14. that is, it will no way avail to your salvation. Many urge this, as sufficient ground for their hopes, that Christ died for sinners: but I must tell you, Christ never died to save impenitent and unconverted sinners (so continuing.) 2 Tm 2. 19. A great Divine was wont, in his private dealings with souls, to ask two questions. 1. What hath Christ done for you? 2. What hath Christ wrought in you? Without the application of the spirit in Regeneration, we can have no saving interest in the benefits of Redemption. I tell you from the Lord, Christ himself cannot save you, if you go on in this estate.