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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
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.
Conversion frequently and fatally mistaken.
BUT here I must warn you of some common, but most dangerous Mistakes committed in the world with respect to Conversion unto God. Except these be seasonably prevented or removed, none of you will ever stir or move further than you are towards Christ. Amongst others, beware especially of these three following fatal Mistakes. That of 1. Baptismal Regeneration. 2. Common Profession of Christianity. 3. Formality in Religious Duties.
1. There is a notion spread among men, and almost every where obtaining, That the Scriptures mean nothing else by Conversion, but to be baptized in our infancy into the visible Church; and that this Ordinance having past upon them long ago, they are sufficiently converted already; and that men make but a needless stir and bustle in the world about any other or further Conversion.
1. There is a notion spread among men, and almost every where obtaining, That the Scriptures mean nothing else by Conversion, but to be baptized in our infancy into the visible Church; and that this Ordinance having past upon them long ago, they are sufficiently converted already; and that men make but a needless stir and bussle in the world about any other or further Conversion.