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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.
Now this wrath of God consists in1 these things.
- 1Wherein consists the wrath of God.
1. Thy soul shall be banished from the face and blessed sweet presence of God and Christ, and thou shalt never see the face of God more. It is said, Acts 20. that they wept sore, because they should see Pauls face no more. Oh, thou shalt never see the face of God, Christ, Saints, and Angels more. O heavy doom to famish and pine away for ever without one bit of bread to comfort thee, one smile of God to refresh thee. Men that have their sores running upon them must be shut up from ⟨p. 90⟩the presence of men sound and whole. Oh, thy sins like plague-sores run on thee, therefore thou must be shut out like a dog from the presence of God, and all his people, 2. Thes. 1. 9.
1. Thy soule shall be banished from the face and blessed sweet presence of God and Christ, and thou shalt never see the face of God more. It is said, Acts 20. that they wept sore, because they should see Pauls face no more. Oh, thou shalt never see the face of God, Christ, Saints, and Angels more. O heavie doome to famish and pine away for ever without one bit of bread to comfort thee, one smile of God to refresh thee. Men that have their sores running upon them must be shut up from ⟨p. 90⟩the presence of men sound and whole. Oh, thy sinnes like plague-sores runne on thee, therefore thou must be shut out like a dogge from the presence of God, and all his people,