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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.
7. He is an all-seeing God; He knows what possibly can be or may be known: approve thy self therefore to this God only in all thy ways. It's no matter what men say, censure or think of thee. It's no matter what thy fellow Actors on this stage of the world imagine. GOD is the great Spectator that beholds thee in every place: God is thy spy, and takes complete notice of all the actions of thy life; and they are in print in heaven, which that great spectator and Judge will open at the great day, and •••de allowed in the ears of all the World. Fear to sin therefore in secret, unless thou canst find out some ⟨p. 21⟩dark hole where the eye of God cannot discern thee. Mourn for thy secret neglect of holy duties, mourn for thy secret hypocrisy, whoredom, profaneness, and with shame in thy face come before this God for pardon and mercy. Admire and wonder at his patience, that having seen thee hath not damned thee.
7. Hee is an all-seeing God; Hee knowes what possibly can bee or may bee knowne: approve thy selfe therefore to this God only in all thy wayes. It's no matter what men say, censure or thinke of thee. It's no matter what thy fellow Actors on this stage of the world imagine. GOD is the great Spectator that beholds thee in every place: God is thy spye, and takes compleate notice of all the actions of thy life; and they are in print in heaven, which that great spectator and Judge will open at the great day, and •••de alowed in the eares of all the World. Feare to sinne therefore in secret, unlesse thou canst find out some ⟨p. 21⟩darke hole where the eye of God cannot discerne thee. Mourne for thy secret neglect of holy duties, mourn for thy secret hypocrisie, whoredome, prophannesse, and with shame in thy face come before this God for pardon and mercy. Admire and wonder at his patience, that having seene thee hath not damned thee.