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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.
But whence shall I fetch my arguments, or how shall I choose my words? Lord, wherewith shall I woo them? whereby shall I win them? Oh that I could but tell! I would write unto them in tears, I would weep out every argument, I would empty my veins for ink, I would petition them on my knees; verily ⟨p. 2⟩(were I able) I would, (O how thankfully I would!) if they would be prevailed with to repent and turn.
But whence shall I fetch my arguments, or how shall I choose my words? Lord, wherewith shall I wooe them? whereby shall I win them? Oh that I could but tell! I would write unto them in tears, I would weep out every argument, I would empty my veins for ink, I would petition them on my knees; verily ⟨p. 2⟩(were I able) I would, (O how thankfully I would!) if they would be prevailed with to repent and turn.
How long have I travelled in birth with you? how frequently have I made suit to you? how often would I have gathered you? how instant have I been with you? This is that I have prayed for, and studied for, for many years, that I might bring you to God: O that I might but do it! Will you yet be entreated? O what a happy man might you make me, if you would but hearken to me, and suffer me to carry you over to Jesus Christ?
How long have I travelled in birth with you? how frequently have I made suit to you? how often would I have gathered you? how instant have I been with you? This is that I have prayed for, and studied for, for many years, that I might bring you to God: O that I might but do it! Will you yet be intreated? O what a happy man might you make me, if you would but hearken to me, and suffer me to carry you over to Jesus Christ?