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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.
Introduction › Chapter 6 › A short Soliloqui for an unregenerate sinner.
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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! Sh•ll I go on in my sinful ways? Why then certain damnation will be mine end: and shall I be so 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 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 Gods Oath is true, I shall have pardon, and mercy, yet, if I presently, unfeignedly, and unreservedly turn by Christ to him.
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! Sh•ll I go on in my sinful ways? Why then certain damnation will be mine end: and shall I be so besotted and bemadded, as to go and sell my soul to the flames, for a little Ale, and a littl• 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 no help? no hope? None, except I turn. Why, but is there any remedy for such woful misery? any mercy, after such provoking iniquity? Yes, as sure as Gods Oath is true, I shall have pardon, and mercy, yet, if I presently, unfeignedly, and unreservedly turn by Christ to him.
Why then ••hank thee upon the bended knees of my soul, O most merciful Jehovah, that thy patience hath waited for me hitherto: for hadst ⟨p. 182⟩thou took me away in this estate, I had perished for ever. And now I adore thy Grace, and accept the offers of thy mercy. I renounce all my sins and resolve by thy grace to set my self against them, and to follow thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life,