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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.
The fourth use is,1 an use of comfort to them that forsake all for this God: thou hast not lost all for nought; thou hast not cast away substance for shadows, but shadows for somewhat. Proverbs 8. 18. When all comfort is gone, there is a GOD to comfort thee. When thou hast no rest here, there is a God to rest in: when thou art dead, he can quicken thee; when thou art weak, he is strong, and when friends are gone, he will be a sure one to thee.
The fourth use is,1 an use of comfort to them that forsake all for this God: thou hast not lost all for nought; thou hast not cast away substance for shadowes, but shadowes for somewhat. Proverbs 8. 18. When all comfort is gone, there is a GOD to comfort thee. When thou hast no rest here, there is a God to rest in: when thou art dead, hee can quicken thee; when thou art weak, he is strong, and when friends are gone, he will bee a sure one to thee.
- 1Use 4.Vse 4.
Thus much of the first part of this Doctrine, or Divine truth, that there is a God: Now it followeth to show ⟨p. 16⟩you that this God is a most glorious God, and that in four things he is glorious.
Thus much of the first part of this Doctrine, or Divine truth, that there is a God: Now it followeth to shew ⟨p. 16⟩