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The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart showing the nature, signs…The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart shewing the nature, signs…
The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart showing the nature, signs and proper effects of a contrite spirit / being the last works of that eminent preacher and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Bunyan of Bedford ; with a preface ... by a eminent minister of the Gospel in London.The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart shewing the nature, signs and proper effects of a contrite spirit / being the last works of that eminent preacher and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Bunyan of Bedford ; with a preface ... by a eminent minister of the Gospel in London.
London : Printed for and are to be sold by George Larkin ..., 1689
THE Acceptable Sacrifice: OR, THE EXCELLENCY OF A BROKEN HEART.
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.
Yea further, I have known some that have been made to Roar like Bears, to Yell like Dragons, and to Howl like Dogs, by reason of the weight of Guilt, and the lashes of Hell upon their Conscience, for their evil deeds; who have, so soon as their present, Torments and Fears were gone, returned again with the Dog to his Vomit; or as the Sow that was washed, to her Wallowing in the Mire, Hos 7. 14. 2 Pet. •. 20, 21, 22.
Once again, Some have been made taste of the good Word of God, of the Joy of Heaven, and of the Powers of the World to come; and yet could not by any one, nay, by all of these, be made to break their League for ever with their Lusts and Sins, Heb. 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Luke 8. 13. John 5. 33, 34, 35.
O Lord! What's Man, that thou art mindful of him? Wherein is he to be accounted of? He has sinned against thee, he loves his Sins more than thee. He is a lover of Pleasures, more than he is a Lover of God.