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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.
The sound Convert is heartily engaged against sin• He wrestles with it, he wars against it. He is too often foiled, but he never yields the Cause, nor lays down the Weapons; but he will up and to it again, while he hath breath in his body. He will never give quiet possession, he will make no peace; he will give no quarter, he falls upon it, and fires upon it, and is still disquieting of it with continual alarms. He can forgive his other Enemies, he can pity them, and pray for them, Acts 7. 60. but here he is implacable, here is he set upon revenge: he hunteth, as it were for the precious life; his Eye shall not pity, his Hand shall not spare, though it be a right Hand or a right Eye. Be it a gainful Sin most delightful to his Nature, or support to his Esteem with carnal Friends, yet he will rather throw his gain down the Ke•nel, see hi• credit fall, or the Flower of pleasure wither in his hand, than he will allow himself in any known way of sin, Luke 19. 8. He will grant no indulgence, he will give not toleration, but he draws upon sin wherever he meets it, and frowns ⟨p. 34⟩upon it with this unwelcome salute, Have I found thee, O mine Enemy!
The sound Convert is heartily ingaged against sin• He wrestles with it, he wars against it. He is too often foiled, but he never yields the Cause, nor lays down the Weapons; but he will up and to it again, while he hath breath in his body. He will never give quiet possession, he will make no peace; he will give no quarter, he falls upon it, and fires upon it, and is still disquieting of it with continual alarms. He can forgive his other Enemies, he can pitty them, and pray for them, Acts 7. 60. but here he is implacable, here is he set upon revenge: he hunteth, as it were for the precious life; his Eye shall not pitty, his Hand shall not spare, though it be a right Hand or a right Eye. Be it a gainful Sin most delightful to his Nature, or support to his Esteem with carnal Friends, yet he will rather throw his gain down the Kenel, see hi credit fall, or the Flower of pleasure wither in his hand, than he will allow himself in any known way of sin,