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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 what misery have my sins brought upon me? Lord, what a case am I in? Sold under sin, cast out of Gods favour, accursed from the Lord, cursed in my body, cursed in my soul, cursed in my name, in my estate, my relations, and all that I have. My sins are unpardoned, and my •oul within a step of death. Alas! What shall I do? Whither shall I go? Which way shall I look? God is frowning on me from above; Hell gaping for me beneath; Conscience smiting me within; temptations and dangers surrounding me without. Oh, whither shall I flee? What place can hide me from Omniscience? What power can secure me from Omnipotency?
And what misery have my sins brought upon me? Lord, what a case am I in? Sold under sin, cast out of Gods favour, accursed from the Lord, cursed in my body, cursed in my soul, cursed in my name, in my estate, my relations, and all that I have. My sins are unpardoned, and my •oul within a step of death. Alas! What shall I do? Whither shall I go? Which way shall I look? God is frowning on me from above; Hell gaping for me beneath; Conscience smiting me within; temptations and dangers surrounding me without. Oh, whither shall I flee? What place can hide me from Omnisciency? What power can secure me from Omnipotency?
What meanest thou, O my soul, to go on thus? Art thou in league with Hell? Hast thou made a Covenant with Death? Art thou in love with thy misery? Is it good for thee to be here? Alas what shall I do! Shall I go on in my sinful ways? Why then certain damnation will be mine end: and shall I be •o besotted and bemadded, as to go and sell my soul to the flames, for a little Ale, and a little ease, for a little pleasure, or gain, or content to my flesh? Shall I linger any longer in this wretched estate? No, if I tarry here, I shall die; What then? Is there ⟨p. 149⟩no help, no hope? None except I turn, Why, but is there any remedy for such woeful misery? Any mercy after such provoking iniquity? Yes, as sure as God's Oath is true, I shall have pardon, and mercy yet, if presently, unfeignedly, and unreservedly I turn by Christ to him.