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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.
Though thy good duties cannot save thee,1 yet thy bad works will damn thee. Thou art therefore not to ⟨p. 258⟩cast off the duties, but thy resting in these duties.2 Thou art not to cast them away, but to cast them down at the feet of Jesus Christ, as they did their crowns, Rev. 4. 10, 11. Saying, if there be any good or graces in these duties, it's thine Lord, for it is the Princes favour that exalts a man, not his own gifts; they came from his good pleasure.
Though thy good duties cannot save thee,1 yet thy bad workes will damne thee. Thou art therefore not to ⟨p. 258⟩cast off the duties, but thy resting in these duties.2 Thou art not to cast them away, but to cast them downe at the feet of Jesus Christ, as they did their crownes, Rev. 4. 10, 11. Saying, if there be any good or graces in these duties, it's thine Lord, for it is the Princes favour that exalts a man, not his owne gifts; they came from his good pleasure.
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- 2Good duties not to be cast off, but our resting upon them.