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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.
Only because through the frailty of my flesh, I am subject to many failings; I am bold humbly to protest, That unallowed miscarriages, contrary to the settled bent and resolution of my heart, shall not make void this Covenant, for so thou hast said.
Only because through the frailty of my flesh, I am subject to many failings; I am bold humbly to protest, That unallowed miscarriages, contrary to the setled bent and resolution of my heart, shall not make void this Covenant, for so thou hast said.
Now Almighty God, searcher of hearts, thou knowest that I make this Covenant with thee this day, without any known guile, or reservation, beseeching thee, that if thou espiest any ⟨p. 169⟩flaw or falsehood therein, thou wouldst discover it to me, and help me to do it aright.
Now Almighty God, searcher of hearts, thou knowest that I make this Covenant with thee this day, without any known guile, or reservation, beseeching thee, that if thou espiest any ⟨p. 169⟩flaw or falshood therein, thou wouldst discover it to me, and help me to do it aright.
And now Glory be to thee, O God the Father, whom I shall be bold from this day forward, to look upon as my God and Father; that ever thou shouldst find out such a way for the recovery of undone sinners. Glory be to thee, O God the Son, who hast loved me and washed me from my sins in thine own Blood, and art now become my Saviour and Redeemer: Glory be to thee O God the Holy Ghost, who by the finger of thine Almighty Power hast turned about my Heart from Sin to God.