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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.
And forasmuch as thou hast of thy bottomless Mercy offered most Graciously to me wretched sinner,1 to be again my God through Christ, if I would accept of thee: I call Heaven and Earth to record this day, that I do here solemnly avouch thee for the Lord my God,2 & with all possible veneration, bowing the neck of my soul under the feet of thy most Sacred Majesty, I do here take thee the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for my portion, and chief good, and do give up my self, body and soul for thy servant, promising and vowing to serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life.
And forasmuch as thou hast of thy bottomless Mercy offered most Graciously to me wretched sinner,1 to be again my God through Christ, if I would accept of thee: I call Heaven and Earth to record this day, that I do here solemnly avouch thee for the Lord my God,2 & with all possible veneration, bowing the neck of my soul under the feet of thy most Sacred Majesty, I do here take thee the Lord Iehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for my portion, and chief good, and do give up my self, body and soul for thy servant, promising and vowing to serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life.
- 1The Terms to which we must turn, are either ultimate or mediate.
- 2The ultimate is God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, who must be thus accepted.
And since thou hast appointed the Lord Jesus Christ,1