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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.
Secondly, Settle in upon your hearts, that your souls are bound up in the souls of your family. They are committed unto you, and (if they be lost through your neglect) will be required at your hands. Sirs, if you do not, you shall know, that the charge of souls is a heavy charge, and that the blood of souls is a heavy guilt. O man, hast thou a charge of souls to answer for, and dost thou not yet bestir thy self for them, that their blood be not found in thy skirts? wilt thou do no more for immortal souls than thou wilt do for thy beasts that perish? what dost thou do for thy children, and servants? thou providest meat and drink for them, agreeable to their natures, and dost thou not the same for thy beasts? thou givest them medicines, and cherishest them when they be sick, and dost thou not as much for thy swine? More particularly.
Secondly, Settle in upon your hearts, that your souls are bound up in the souls of your family. They are committed unto you, and (if they be lost through your neglect) will be required at your hands. Sirs, if you do not, you shall know, that the charge of souls is a heavy charge, and that the blood of souls is a heavy guilt. O man, hast thou a charge of souls to answer for, and dost thou not yet be•tir thy self for them, that their blood be not found in thy skirts? wilt thou do no more for immortal souls than thou wilt do for thy beasts that perish? what dost thou do for thy children, and servants? thou providest meat and drink for them, agreeable to their natures, and dost thou not the same for thy beasts? thou givest them mediclnes, and cherishest them when they be sick, and dost thou not as much for thy swine? More particularly.
1. Let the solemn reading of the word and singing of Psalms, be your family exercises, Isa. 34. 16. Joh. 5. 39. Psal. 118. 15. [See Christ singing with his family, viz. his Disciples,