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A sure guide to heaven, or, An earnest invitation to sinners to turn to…
A sure guide to heaven, or, An earnest invitation to sinners to turn to God in order to their eternal salvation showing the thoughtful sinner what he must do to be saved / by Joseph Alleine.A sure guide to heaven, or, An earnest invitation to sinners to turn to God in order to their eternal salvation shewing the thoughtful sinner what he must do to be saved / by Joseph Alleine.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1688
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.
I May not leave you with your eyes half open, as he that saw men as trees walking, Mark 8. 24. The word is profitable for Doctrine, as well as reproof; 2 Tim. 3. 16. And therefore having thus far conducted you by the shelves and rocks of so many dangerous mistakes, I would guide you at length into the Harbour of truth.
Conversion then (in short) lies, in the thorough change both of the heart, and life. I shall briefly describe it in its nature and causes.
Conversion then (in short) lies, in the thorow change both of the heart, and life. I shall briefly describe it in its nature and causes.
1. The Author, it is the spirit of God; and therefore it is called the sanctification of the spirit; 2. Thes. 2. 13. and the renewing of the holy Ghost, Tit. 3. 5. Yet not excluding the other Persons in the Trinity: For the Apostle •eacheth us, to bless the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for that he hath begotten us again; 1 Pet. 1. 3. and Christ is said to give repentance to Israel; Acts 5. 31. and is called the everlasting Father, Isa. 9. 6. and we his seed, and the Children which God hath given him, Heb, 2. 13.