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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.
Mark 10. 17. And there came one, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Before thou readest these Directions, I advise thee, yea, I charge thee before God, and his holy Angels, to resolve to follow them (as far as Conscience shall be convinced of their agreeableness to Gods word, and thy estate, and call in his assistance ⟨p. 113⟩and blessing that they may succeed. And as I have sought the Lord, and consulted his Oracles what advice to give thee, so must thou entertain it, with that awe, reverence, and purpose of obedience that the word of the living God doth require.
BEfore thou readest these Directions, I advise thee, yea, I charge thee before God, and his holy Angels, to resolve to follow them (as far as Conscience shall be convin••d of their agreeableness to Gods word, and thy estate, and call in his assistance ⟨p. 113⟩and blessing that they may succeed. And as I have sought the Lord, and consulted his Oracles what advice to give thee, so must thou entertain it, with that awe, reverence, and purpose of obedience that the word of the living God doth require.
Now then attend. Set thine heart unto all that I shall testify unto thee in this day; for it is not a vain thing, it is your life, Deut. 32. 46. This is the end of all that hath been spoken hitherto, to bring you to set upon turning, and making use of Gods means for your conversion. I would not trouble you, nor torment you before the time with the forethoughts of your eternal misery, but in order to your making your escape. Were you shut up under your present misery, without remedy, it were but mercy (as one speaks) to let you alone, that you might take in that little poor comfort, that you are capable of here in this world. But you may yet be happy: If you do not wilfully refuse the means of your recovery. Behold, I hold open the door unto you, arise take your flight; I set the way of life before you, walk in it, and you shall live and not die, Deut 30. 19.