A36315:340
Captives bound in chains made free
Captives bound in chains made free by Christ their surety, or, The misery of graceless sinners and their recovery by Christ their saviour by T. Doolittle.
London: printed by A.H. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1674
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.
5. Look up to God through the Ordinance, ⟨p. 185⟩and beyond the Minister that doth speak unto thy ear, that God would speak unto thy heart and conscience. Ministers might speak, and yet Conscience might not speak; Minister and Conscience might both speak; Conscience seconding the Minister, that saith, Thou art in a dreadful condition while thou art in spiritual bondage: Yes, saith Conscience too, so thou art; and yet till God shall speak, thou wilt not hearken. Oh then when you come to the place where sinners are made free, look up to God that he would speak unto your hearts.
6. Pray to God that he would have mercy on thee, and pity thee in thy bondage, and help thee out. As a poor prisoner, look through the grates to Heaven, and say, Lord, some pity for a poor Prisoner, some relief and help for a poor Captive. Lord, I am in chains of sin, but cannot break them; held fast by Satan, oh let me not perish; oh let me not live and dye in this spiritual bondage; the ransom is paid for my redemption, I give my self to thee, upon my knees, I do resign my self, my will, my love, my heart, and all to thee. Sinner, Wilt thou, when thou comest home, not sit and talk vainly, and not sit idly as heretofore; but go apart, and beg of God for mercy, and do it earnestly; for it is for thy life, thy soul.
6. Pray to God that he would have mercy on thee, and pity thee in thy bondage, and help thee out. As a poor prisoner, look through the grates to Heaven, and say, Lord, some pity for a poor Prisoner, some relief and help for a poor Captive. Lord, I am in chains of sin, but cannot break them; held fast by Satan, oh let me not perish; oh let me not live and dye in this spiritual bondage; the ransome is paid for my redemption, I give my self to thee, upon my knees, I do resign my self, my will, my love, my heart, and all to thee. Sinner, Wilt thou, when thou comest home, not sit and talk vainly, and not sit idly as heretofore; but go apart, and beg of God for mercy, and do it earnestly; for it is for thy life, thy soul.