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The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…
The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs spirit in reconciling of a sinner to God / by Tho. Shepard ...The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs spirit in reconciling of a sinner to God / by Tho. Shepard ...
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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.
How long the Lord hath called thee, how §5oft he would have gathered thee; he hath stood so long until his locks are wet with dew of the night: Cant. 5.1, 2. It may be you are afraid, it hath been so long, that now time is past; oh no, for whiles the Lord calls by his word and spirit, now is the acceptable time, 2 Cor. 6.2. I confess there is a time wherein the Lord will not be found, but whiles the Lord is near unto thee by his Ministry, by his Spirit, convincing, affecting, ⟨p. 246⟩stirring, knocking at thy heart, the time is not yet past, the Sun is not yet set, so long as those beams appear, Isay 55.6. those thoughts which discourage thee from coming to Christ, whiles the voice of his call is heard, cannot be of Christ but Satan, whose principal work is to lay such stumbling blocks in our way to him.
How long the Lord hath called thee, how §5oft he would have gathered thee; he hath stood so long untill his locks are wet with dew of the night: Cant. 5.1, 2. It may bee you are afraid, it hath been so long, that now time is past; oh no, for whiles the Lord calls by his word and spirit, now is the acceptable time, 2 Cor. 6.2. I confesse there is a time wherein the Lord will not be found, but whiles the Lord is neare unto thee by his Ministery, by his Spirit, convincing, affecting, ⟨p. 246⟩stirring, knocking at thy heart, the time is not yet past, the Sun is not yet set, so long as those beames appeare, Isay 55.6. those thoughts which discourage thee from coming to Christ, whiles the voyce of his call is heard, cannot be of Christ but Satan, whose principall work is to lay such stumbling blocks in our way to him.