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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.
I answer,1 Gods justice calls for it, this world is the stage where Gods patience and bounty act their parts, and hence every man will profess and conceive,2 because he feels it, that God is merciful; But Gods justice is questioned, men think God to be all mercy and no justice; all honey and no sting; now the wicked prosper in all their ways, are never punished, but live and die in peace, whereas the godly are daily afflicted and reviled. Therefore because this Attribute suffers a total eclipse almost now, there must come a ⟨p. 82⟩day wherein it must shine out before all the world in the glory of it, Rom. 2. 5.
I answer,1 Gods justice calls for it, this world is the stage where Gods patience and bountie act their parts, and hence every man wil professe and conceive,2 because he feeles it, that God is mercifull; But Gods justice is questioned, men thinke God to be all mercy and no justice; all honey and no sting; now the wicked prosper in all their waies, are never punished, but live and die in peace, whereas the godly are daily afficted and reviled. Therefore because this Attribute suffers a totall eclipse almost now, there must come a ⟨p. 82⟩day wherin it must shine out before all the world in the glory of it, Rom. 2. 5.
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- 2Why there must be a day of Judgement.Why there must be a day of Iudgemēt.