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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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2. Nor do thy sins exceed the power and ability of the Meritorious Cause of Remission, namely, the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ; for that Blood is the Blood of God, Act. 20. 28. He is the Lamb of God, whose blood is sufficient to take away the sins of the world, John 1. 29. There is but one sin in the world exempt from Remission by this blood; and if thy heart be now wounded with the sense of sin (as I here suppose it to be) that's none of thy sin, how heinous soever thy other sins be.
3. Nor do thy sins exceed the ability and power of the Applying Cause of pardon, namely, the Spirit of God. For though I should suppose thy mind to be clouded and overshadowed with grossest ignorance, thy Heart to be as hard as an Adamant or Nether Mill-stone, thy Will stiff and obstinate, thy Affections enchanted and bewitched with the pleasures of Sin; yet this Spirit of God in a moment can make a convincing beam of light to dart into thy dark mind, make thy hard heart relent, thy stubborn will to bow, and all the affections of thy Soul to comply, and open obedientially to Christ, John 16. 9, 10. The Spirit, when he cometh, he shall convince the world of Sin, &c.
3. Nor do thy sins exceed the ability and power of the Applying Cause of pardon, namely, the Spirit of God. For though I should suppose thy mind to be clouded and overshadowed with grossest ignorance, thy Heart to be as hard as an Adamant or Nether Mill-stone, thy Will stiff and obstinate, thy Affections enchanted and bewitched with the pleasures of Sin; yet this Spirit of God in a moment can make a convincing beam of light to dart into thy dark mind, make thy hard heart relent, thy stubborn will to bow, and all the affecti•ns of thy Soul to comply, and open obedientially to Christ, John 16. 9, 10. The Spirit, when he cometh, he shall convince the world of Sin, &c.