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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.
Yes even to thee: why should we except our selves,1 when Christ doth not except us? Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden We are therefore poor, because we know not our riches. We can never be in such a condition, wherein their will be just cause of utter despair. He that fitteth in darkness and ⟨p. 87⟩••eth no light, no light of comfort, no light of Gods countenance, Yet let him trust in the Name of the Lord. Weakness doth not debar us from mercy; nay, they […] God the more. The husband is bored to bear with the wife, as being the weaker vessel: and shall we think God will exempt himself from his own rule, and not bear with his weak spouse?
Yes even to thee: why should we except our selves,1 when Christ doth not except us? Come unto me all ye that are wearie and heavie laden We are therefore poor, because we know not our riches. We can never be in such a condition, wher•in their will be just cause of utter despair. He that fitteth in darkness and ⟨p. 87⟩••eth no light, no light of comfort, no light of Gods countenance, Yet let him trust in the Name of the Lord. Weakness doth not debar us from mercy; nay, they 〈…〉 God the more. The husband is bored to bear with the wife, as being the weaker vessel: and shal we think God will exempt himself from his own rule, and not bear with his weak spouse?
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