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The life and death of that old disciple of Jesus Christ and eminent minister…
The life and death of that old disciple of Jesus Christ and eminent minister of the Gospel Mr. Hanserd Knollys who dyed in the ninety third year of his age written with his own hand to the year 1672 ; and continued in general in an epistle by Mr. William Kiffin.
London: printed for John Harris, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Letter: Mr. Knollys's last Legacy to the Church, written a little before his Death.
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.
First, I do Counsel you to Repent, Rev. 2.5. And I must tell you, Beloved, that our assembling once in four Weeks, and spending four hours, from Eleven to Three, in Praying and Preaching, as we have often done, is not such a Fast as will make our Voice be heard on High, Isa. 58.3, 4. Several things are essentially necessary to Evangelical Repentance, that it may be acceptable unto God by Jesus Christ. —Namely, Godly Sorrow, which worketh Repentance, never to be repented of, 2 Cor. 7.9, 10. A broken Contrite Spirit, Psal. 51.17. James 4.9, 10. Isa. 66.2, 3. Isa. 57.15. Read these Scriptures, Zech. 12.10, 11. Alas, where are our Tears of Godly Sorrow, our broken Hearts, and our afflicted Souls? Reformation after Humiliation? Repent and do thy first Works, Rev. 2.5. ⟨p. 49⟩O Holy Brethren, let us do so, let you and I beg Grace, that we may both Mourn and turn from all our Sins, to the Lord with all our Hearts.
We have cause to repent of our Formality, and Laodicean Lukewarmness, especially for want of zeal for the House of God, Psal. 69.9.