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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.
Hence arise two Doctrines.1
- 1Doct. 1.
1. That the number of them that shall be saved is very small, Luk. 13. 24. the devil hath his drove and swarms that go to hell, as fast as bees to their hive; Christ hath his flock, 1and that is but a little flock; hence Gods children are called Jewels, Mal. 3. 17. which commonly are kept secret, in respect of the other lumber in the house; hence they are called strangers and pilgrims, which are very few in respect of the inhabitants of the Country, through which they pass: hence they are called Sons of God, 1 John 3. 2. of the blood royal, which are few in respect of common subjects.
1. That the number of them that shall be saved is very small, Luk. 13. 24. the devill hath his drove and swarmes that goe to hell, as fast as bees to their hive; Christ hath his flock, 1and that is but a little flock; hence Gods children are called Iewells, Mal. 3. 17. which commonly are kept secret, in respect of the other lumber in the house; hence they are called strangers and pilgrims, which are very few in respect of the inhabitants of the Countrey, through which they passe: hence they are called Sonnes of God, 1 Iohn 3. 2