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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.
2. Then thy soul shall have a new light put into it, whereby it shall see the glorious presence of God, as prisoners brought with guilty eyes, look with ⟨p. 77⟩terror upon the Judge. Now, thou seest no God abroad in the world, but then thou shalt see the Almighty Jeho. vah, which sight shall strike thee with that Hellish terror and dreadful horror, that thou shalt call to the mountains to cover thee, ô Rocks, Rocks, hide me from the face of the Lamb, Rev. 6. ult.
2. Then thy soule shall have a new light put into it, wherby it shall see the glorious presence of God, as prisoners brought with guilty eyes, looke with ⟨p. 77⟩terrour upon the Judge. Now, thou seest no God abroad in the world, but then thou shalt see the Almighty Jeho. vah, which sight shall strike thee with that Hellish terrour and dreadfull horrour, that thou shalt call to the mountaines to cover thee, ô Rocks, Rocks, hide me from the face of the Lambe, Rev. 6. ult.
3. Then all the sins that ever §3thou hast or shalt commit, shall come fresh to thy mind; as when the prisoner is come before the face of the Judge, then his accusers bring in their evidence; thy sleepy Conscience then will be instead of a thousand witnesses, and every sin then with all the circumstances of it, shall be set in order, armed with Gods wrath round about thee, Psal. 50. 21. as letters writ with juice of Oranges cannot be read until it be brought unto the fire, and then they appear; thou canst not read that bloody bill of indictment thy conscience hath against thee now; but when thou shalt stand near unto God a consuming fire, then what an heavy