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The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor showing…The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor shewing…
The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor showing that the day of grace may be past with him long before his life is ended : the signs also by which such miserable mortals may be known / by John Bunyan ; to which is added his Exhortation to peace and unity among all that fear God.The barren fig tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor shewing that the day of grace may be past with him long before his life is ended : the signs also by which such miserable mortals may be known / by John Bunyan ; to which is added his Exhortation to peace and unity among all that fear God.
London: printed for J. Robinson, 1688
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.
4. For by reason of Guilt, and a shaking Conscience, His Life will hang in continual doubt before him, and he shall be afraid day and night, Deut. 28. 66, 67. and shall have no assurance of his Life.
5. Now also Want will come up against him, he will come up like an armed Man. This is a terrible Army to him that is graceless in Heart, and fruitless in Life. This Want will continually cry in thine Ears, here is a New Birth wanting, a new Heart, and a new Spirit ⟨p. 116⟩wanting; here is Faith wanting; here is Love and Repentance wanting; here is the Fear of God wanting, and a good Conversation wanting; Thou art weighed in the Balance, and art found wanting. Dan. 5. 27.
5. Now also Want will come up against him, he will come up like an armed Man. This is a terrible Army to him that is graceless in Heart, and fruitless in Life. This Want will continually cry in thine Ears, here is a New Birth wanting, a new Heart, and a new Spirit ⟨p. 116⟩wanting; here is Faith wanting; here is Love and Repentance wanting; here is the Fear of God wanting, and a good Conversation wanting; Thou art weighed in the Ballance, and art found wanting. Dan. 5. 27.
6. Together with these, standeth by the companions of Death; Death and Hell, Death and Devils, Death and endless Torment in the everlasting flames of devouring Fire. When God shall come up unto the people, he will invade them with his Troops.