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The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion
The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native country, and the souls of men.The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native countrey, and the souls of men.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1691
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The greatness of his Patience shows his Almighty Power, Rom. 9. 22. Nahum 1. 3. But his willingness to pass by all the wrongs you have done him, and to be at peace with you, discovers the immense riches of his grace, Tit. 3. 3, 4.
The greatness of his Patience shews his Almighty Power, Rom. 9. 22. Nahum 1. 3. But his willingness to pass by all the wrongs you have done him, and to be at peace with you, discovers the immense riches of his grace, Tit. 3. 3, 4.
That God should be so quick in the executions of his wrath upon your Companions in sin, and so patient and long-suffering towards you, that ⟨p. 123⟩have out-sinned them all, is such a comparative consideration of his bounty, as should even overwhelm the man that beholds it, Rom. 11. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God! on them that fell, severity; but towards thee goodness.
If thou be that very man, who in the past course of thy Life, hast been a profane Swearer, a beastly Drunkard, a lascivious person, an hater and persecutor of good men; and after all this, the Lord hath brought an offer of mercy to thy Soul, and shall convince thee it is not come too late, but that the Door of Hope stands yet open to thee; my advice to thee is, That thou cast thy self down at the feet of mercy, and after this manner pour forth thy laments and desires before the Lord.