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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.
But if poor soul, thou art fully convinced, and askest, What should I do to be Converted? The Lord make thee willing and save thee from hypocrisy and I will quickly tell thee in a few words.
But if poor soul, thou art fully convinced, and askest, What should I do to be Converted? The Lord make thee willing and save thee from hypocrisie and I will quickly tell thee in a few words.
1. Give not over sober thinking of these things, till thy heart be changed, Psal. 119. 59. 2. Come to Christ, and take him for thy Saviour, thy Teacher, thy King, and he will pardon all that's past and save thee, Joh. 1. 12. and 3. 16. and 5. 40. 1 Joh. 5. 11, 12. 3. Believe Gods love, and the pardon of sin, and the everlasting Joys of Heaven, that thou mayest feel that all the pleasures of the World and flesh, are dung in comparison of the Heavenly delights, of Faith and Hope, and holy Love, and peace of Conscience and sincere obedience. 4. Sin no more wilfully, but forbear that which thou mayest forbear, Isa. 55. 7. 5. Away from temptations, occasions of sin ⟨image 13⟩and evil company, and be a companion of the humble, holy, heavenly, and sincere, Psal. 119. 115, 63. 6. Wait on Gods spirit in the diligent, constant use of his own means, Read, hear, meditate, pray: Pray hard for that grace that must convert thee: wait thus, and thou shalt not wait in vain,