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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.
And the mind comes to set up her image thus.
And the minde comes to set up her image thus.
First, the mind is haunted and pursued §1with troublesome fears of Hell. Conscience tells him, he hath sinned, and the Law tells him he shall die, and Death appears and tells him, he must shortly mere with him; And if he be taken away in his sins, then comes a black day of reckoning for all his privy pranks, a day of blood, horror, judgement and fire, where no creature can comfort him. Hence saith he, Lord, keep my soul from these miseries; he hopeth it shall not prove so evil with him, but fears it will.
First, the minde is haunted and pursued §1with troublesome feares of Hell. Conscience tells him, hee hath sinned, and the Law tells him he shall die, and Death appeares and tells him, he must shortly meere with him; And if he be taken away in his sinnes, then comes a black day of reckoning for all his privie prankes, a day of bloud, horrour, judgement and fire, where no creature can comfort him. Hence saith hee, Lord, keepe my soule from these miseries; hee hopeth it shall not prove so evill with him, but feares it will.
Secondly, Hereupon he desireth peace and ease, and some assurance of freedom from these evils. For it is an Hell above ground, ever to be on the wrack of tormenting fears.
Secondly, Hereupon hee desireth peace and ease, and some assurance of freedome from these evils. For it is an Hell above ground, ever to be on the wrack of tormenting feares.