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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.
4. In regard of the fearful sentence §4that then shall be passed upon thee; Depart thou cursed creature into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels. Thou shalt then cry ou•, ⟨p. 86⟩[…] ⟨p. 87⟩[…] ⟨p. 88⟩O mercy, Lord, O a little mercy: No, will the Lord Jesus say, I did indeed once offer it you, but you refused, therefore Depart. Then thou shalt plead again, Lord, If I must depart, yet bless me before I go: No, no, Depart thou cursed. Oh but, Lord, if I must depart cursed, let me go to some good place; no, Depart thou cursed into hell fire. Oh Lord, that's a torment I cannot bear, but if it must be so, Lord, let me come out again quickly. No, depart thou cursed into everlasting fire. Oh Lord, if this be thy pleasure, that here I must abide, let me have good company with me: No, Depart thou cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels. This shall be thy sentence. The hearing of which may make the rocks to rent, so that, go on in thy sin, and prosper, despise and scoff at Gods Ministers, and prosper, abhor the power and practise of Religion as a too precise course, and prosper; yet known, there will a day come when thou shalt meet with a dreadful Judge, a doleful sentence. ⟨p. 89⟩Now is thy day of sinning, but God will have shortly his day of condemning.
4. In regard of the fearfull sentence §4that then shall be passed upon thee; Depart thou cursed creature into everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels. Thou shalt then cry ou•, ⟨p. 86⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 87⟩