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Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…
Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Balliol College in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Baliol Colledge in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.
London: printed by E.M. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1659
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.
O that Reader, what I have written, might work such an effect upon thy soul; how abundantly should I be satisfied for all my pains, how heartily should I bless that ⟨p. 121⟩God, who by his providence called me to this task? Shall I entreat thee (as thou hast the least spark of true love to thy dying body, to thy immortal soul, to thine eternal peace) to break off thy sins by repentance, and fly all ungodliness as hell; for dost thou not perceive out of the Word of the living and true God, that though thy lust may be sweet in the act, yet her end is bitter as worm-wood, sharp as a two-edged sword, her feet go down to death, her steps take hold of hell, Prov. 5.4, 5.
O that Reader, what I have written, might work such an effect upon thy soul; how abundantly should I be satisfied for all my pains, how heartily should I blesse that ⟨p. 121⟩God, who by his providence call'd me to this task? Shall I entreat thee (as thou hast the least spark of true love to thy dying body, to thy immortal soul, to thine eternal peace) to break off thy sins by repentance, and flie all ungodlinesse as hell; for dost thou not perceive out of the Word of the living and true God, that though thy lust may be sweet in the act, yet her end is bitter as worm-wood, sharp as a two-edged sword, her feet go down to death, her steps take hold of hell, Prov. 5.4, 5.
And in order hereunto, I desire thee to observe faithfully those directions I shall give thee in the third use; for I would not only open the sore and show its danger, but also by the help of the Physician of souls, prepare a plaster; the Lord enable thee to apply it for thy cure.