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A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the…
A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadful condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and persuading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to householders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshua's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadfull condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and perswading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to housholders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshuah's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.
London: printed for George Sawbridge, 1668
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A. 1. From a sight and sense of sin, with sorrow for it.
2. From a faith of the pardon of sin.
I. By sight of sin is meant, both a general, and also a particular knowledge of sin.
I. By sight of sin is meant, both a general, and also a paricular knowledge of sin.
First, A general knowledge of the nature of it, what it is; and of the loathsome properties of it, how ugly and odious it maketh us in the pure eyes of God; and of the fearful effects of it, which are all miseries in this life, a cursed death, and eternal damnation.
Secondly, A particular knowledge of our own sins. Not only of those sins which are common to the nature of all men, as Original corruption, proneness to evil, dullness to good, &c. But also of such particular Lusts as we feel warring in our members, and such actual sins, as we have committed in our lives. As he that said, I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an oppressor,