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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.
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, and with all possible veneration, bowing the neck of my Soul under the feet of thy most Sacred Majesty,2 I do here take thee, Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for my Portion, and chief good, and to 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, and with all possible veneration, bowing the neck of my Soul under the feet of thy most Sacred Majesty,2 I do here take thee, Lord Iehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for my Portion, and chief good, and to 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