A26701:360
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise / by Joseph Alleine.
London : Printed and are to be sold by Nevil Simmons, 1678
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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,2 bowing the neck of thy Soul under the feet of thy most Sacred Majesty, I do here take thy the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for my portion, and chief good, and do 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 the for the Lord my God and with all possible veneration,2 bowing the neck of thy Soul under the feet of thy most Sacred Majesty, I do here take thy the Lord Iehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for my portion, and chief good, and do 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