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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.
If therefore the Lord ever made sin bitter to thee, let holiness be sweet; if continuance in sin hath been an evidence unto thee of thy condemnation, Oh let the riches of the grace of Christ in redeeming thee from the lamentable bondage and power of sin, be an evidence to thee of thy salvation; Oh bless God for any little measure of sanctification; do not scorn or secretly despise this spirit of grace, as many in this degenerate age begin ⟨p. 302⟩to do, saying, You look to graces and fruits, and marks, and signs, and a holy frame of heart and sanctification; what is your sanctification? Oh let it be the more precious to thee, mourning that thou hast so little, and blessing the God and Father of all grace for what little thou hast, wearing it as a bracelet of gold about thy neck, knowing hereby that thou art borne of God, and that the whole world lieth in wickedness, and shall perish without this, 1 Joh. 5.18, 19.
If therefore the Lord ever made sinne bitter to thee, let holinesse be sweet; if continuance in sinne hath been an evidence unto thee of thy condemnation, Oh let the riches of the grace of Christ in redeeming thee from the lamentable bondage and power of sinne, be an evidence to thee of thy salvation; Oh blesse God for any little measure of sanctification; doe not scorne or secretly despise this spirit of grace, as many in this degenerate age begin ⟨p. 302⟩to doe, saying, You looke to graces and fruits, and marks, and signes, and a holy frame of heart and sanctification; what is your sanctification? Oh let it be the more precious to thee, mourning that thou hast so little, and blessing the God and Father of all grace for what little thou hast, wearing it as a bracelet of gold about thy necke, knowing hereby that thou art borne of God, and that the whole world lyeth in wickednesse, and shall perish without this, 1 Ioh. 5.18, 19.