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The Sincere Convert
The sincere convert discovering the paucity of true believers and the great difficulty of saving conversion by Tho. Shepherd ....The sincere convert discovering the paucity of true beleevers and the great difficulty of saving conversion by Tho. Shepheard ....
London: printed by T.P. and M.S. for Humphrey Blunden, 1641
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.
3. God gives them heavy bloody lashes on their souls and bodies.
3. God gives them heavie bloudie lashes on their soules and bodies.
Never tell me therefore, that God blesseth thee in thine outward estate; no greater sign of Gods wrath, then for the Lord to give thee thy swing, as a Father never looks after a desperate Son, but lets him run where he pleases. And if God be thine enemy, then every creature is so too, both in Heaven and Earth.
Never tell me therefore, that God blesseth thee in thine outward estate; no greater signe of Gods wrath, then for the Lord to give thee thy swinge, as a Father never lookes after a desperate Sonne, but lets him run where he pleases. And if God be thine enemy, then every creature is so too, both in Heaven and Earth.
Secondly, God hath forsaken them, and they have lost God, Ephes. 2. 12. It's said, that in the grievous famine of Samaria,1 Doves dung was sold at a large price, because they wanted bread. Oh! men live and pine away without GOD, without bread, and therefore the dung of worldly contentments are esteemed so much of. Thou hast lost the sight of God, and the favour of God, and the special protection of God, and the government of God. Cain's punishment lies upon thee in thy natural estate, thou art a Runagate from the ⟨p. 65⟩