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[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true believers, and the great difficulty…[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true beleevers, and the great difficulty…
[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true believers, and the great difficulty of saving conversion. ...][The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true beleevers, and the great difficulty of saving conversion. ...]
printed by S. Green?, 1664
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.
1. Thy soul shall be banished from the face and blessed sweet presence of God ⟨p. 70⟩and Christ, and thou shalt never see the […] of God more. It is said, Acts 20. that they wept sore, because they should see Pauls face no more: Oh, thou shalt never see the face of God, Christ, saints nor ange•• more. O heavy doom, to famish and pine away for ever without one bit of bread to comfort thee, one smile of God to refresh thee. Men that have their sores running upon them must be shut up from the presence of men sound and whole. Oh, thy sins like plague-sores run on thee, therefore thou must be shut out like a dog from the presence of God and all his people, 2 Thes. •.•.
1. Thy soul shal be banished from the face and blessed sweet presence of God ⟨p. 70⟩and Christ, and thou shalt never see the 〈…〉 of God more. It is said, Acts 20. that they wept sore, because they should see Pauls face no more: Oh, thou shalt never see the face of God, Christ, saints nor ange•• more. O heavy doom, to famish and pine away for ever without one bit of bread to comfort thee, one smile of God to refresh thee. Men that have their sores running upon them must be shut up from the presence of men sound and whole. Oh, thy sins like plague-sores run on thee, therefore thou must be shut out like a dog from the presence of God and all his people, 2 Thes. •.•.