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Words whereby we may be saved. By Thomas Vincent, sometime minister of Maudlins milk-street,…
Words whereby we may be saved. By Thomas Vincent, sometime minister of Maudlins milk-street, London
London : printed for the use of the poor, and freely given to them by some worthy benefactors, who desire their salvation, 1668
Chapter 1 › Part 1 › Some Characters of such as are not in a state of Salvation.
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.
3. Impenitent persons are not in a state of salvation. Luk. 13. 3. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. All are guilty of sin original, and actual, and have matter for repentance; such as have an obdurate and impenitent heart, which never was broken, and melted, and humbled; which never was affected with true evangelical sorrow for sin; but on the contrary, can commit sin with delight, rolling it as a sweet morsel under their tongue, which they will not part withal, they must needs perish everlastingly, if they should die in this estate; the word is express, that iniquity will be the ruin of the impenitent, Ezek. 18. 30.
3. Impenitent persons are not in a state of salvation. Luk. 13. 3. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. All are guilty of sin original, and actual, and have matter for repentance; such as have an obdurate and impenitent heart, which never was broken, and melted, and humbled; which never was affected with true evangelical sorrow for sin; but on the contrary, can commit sin with delight, rolling it as a sweet morsel under their tongue, which they will not part withall, they must needs perish everlastingly, if they should die in this estate; the word is express, that iniquity will be the ruine of the impenitent, Ezek. 18. 30.
4. Unregenerate persons are not in a state of salvation. Joh. 3. 3. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Such as never had a gracious change wrought in their hearts, that are asleep in sin, and never were awakened; as are dead in sin, and never were quickened; such as have old natures and old hearts, and never were renewed; that never put off as concerning their former conversation the old man which is corrupt, according to deceitful lusts, and put on the new man, which is created in righteousness and true holiness,