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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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Now if one sin proves so intolerable, who then can stand under the weight of the many millions of sins, which he hath committed in the whole course of his life? especially when God shall set them all home together upon his conscience. Ah sinner, If the reading one leaf of this book was so dreadful to Judas; how dreadful and terrible will it be to thee? when thou shalt read not only one leaf, but the whole book from the beginning to the end, and therein see the millions of sins committed by thee, whereof as thy whole life, so thy whole book will be filled within and without, and interlined with lamentation, mourning and woe. Ah, in what a woeful case will thy heart then be? what horror and astonishment will then possess thy soul? when all thy lies and oaths, all thy railings and rotten speeches, all thy filthy and unclean thoughts, thy misspent time in Taverns and Alehouses, thy worldliness and covetousness, the vanities and rebellions of thy whole life, shall be brought to thy remembrance, and at once charged upon thy graceless soul.
Now if one sin proves so intollerable, who then can stand under the weight of the many millions of sins, which he hath committed in the whole course of his life? especially when God shall set them all home together upon his conscience. Ah sinner, If the reading one leaf of this book was so dreadful to Iudas; how dreadfull and terrible will it be to thee? when thou shalt read not only one leaf, but the whole book from the beginning to the end, and therein see the millions of sins committed by thee, whereof as thy whole life, so thy whole book will be filled within and without, and interlined with lamentation, mourning and woe. Ah, in what a woful case will thy heart then be? what horrour and astonishment will then possess thy soul? when all thy lies and oaths, all thy raylings and rotten speeches, all thy filthy and unclean thoughts, thy mispent time in Taverns and Alehouses, thy worldliness and covetousness, the vanities and rebellions of thy whole life, shall be brought to thy remembrance, and at once charged upon thy graceless soul.
2. At the day of Judgement there will be a discovery of thy sins to all the World. For as the Apostle speaketh,