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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.
First, As GOD only willed Himself, as his last end: So did Adam will GOD, as his last end, not as man doth now.
First, As GOD onely willed Himselfe, as his last end: So did Adam will GOD, as his last end, not as man doth now.
Secondly, As God willed nothing but good; So did Adam will nothing but good, for Gods Will was his.
4. In his life Gods Image did appear thus: that even as God, if he had assumed mans Nature, would have lived outwardly; So did Adam: for God would have lived according to his own Will, Law, and Rule: So did Adam. Adams body was the Lantern through which Holiness like a lamp burning in his heart shined; this was Gods Image; by means of which (as it is said in the description) he ⟨p. 29⟩pleased GOD; similitude being the ground of love: and hence God did most dearly love him, and highly honour him to be Lord over all creatures; hence no evil could hurt him; here was no sorrow, no sickness, no tears, no fears, no death, no hell, nor ever should have been if there he had stood.
4. In his life Gods Image did appeare thus: that even as God, if he had assumed mans Nature, would have lived outwardly; So did Adam: for God would have lived according to his owne Will, Law, and Rule: So did Adam. Adams body was the Lanthorne through which Holinesse like a lampe burning in his heart shined; this was Gods Image; by means of which (as it is said in the description) hee ⟨p. 29⟩