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A warning to back-sliders, or, A discovery for the recovery of fallen ones delivered…
A warning to back-sliders, or, A discovery for the recovery of fallen ones delivered in a sermon at Pauls, before the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London / Ralph Venning.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for John Rothwel, 1654
A WARNING TO BACKSLIDERS, OR A Discovery for the Recovery of Fallen… › The first is this,
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.
Take but one instance of this overcoming consideration, wherein you shall see backsliders returning upon ⟨p. 28⟩this very account, in Jer. 3.22. Return, ye backsliding children, saith the Lord, and I will heal your backsliding; What follows hereupon? Behold, we come unto thee, Oh Lord, our God. What Ingenuity (if any left) can stand it out against such sweet invitations? such not only alluring, but securing promises? surely none. Behold, we come!
Take but one instance of this overcoming consideration, wherein you shall see backsliders returning upon ⟨p. 28⟩this very account, in Jer. 3.22. Returne, ye backsliding children, saith the Lord, and I will heal your backsliding; What followes hereupon? Behold, we come unto thee, Oh Lord, our God. What Ingenuity (if any left) can stand it out against such sweet invitations? such not only alluring, but securing promises? surely none. Behold, we come!
Thus much, or thus little may suffice concerning the Doctrinal part, to have shown you, That remembering or calling to mind from whence we are fallen, doth very much conduce to our recovery, and how it doth it by working upon our Modesty, Fear and Ingenuity. What remains now?
Thus much, or thus little may suffice concerning the Doctrinal part, to have shewen you, That remembring or calling to minde from whence we are fallen, doth very much conduce to our recovery, and how it doth it by working upon our Modesty, Fear and Ingenuity. What remains now?