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Grace triumphant. Or, A notable example [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great…Grace triumphant. Or, A notable exemple [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great…
Grace triumphant. Or, A notable example [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great saint. Improved for the direction and encouragement, of them that have sinned exceedingly, to seek salvation from all their sins. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]Grace triumphant. Or, A notable exemple [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great saint. Improved for the direction and encouragement, of them that have sinned exceedingly, to seek salvation from all their sins. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by T. Green, 1700
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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.
First. Let no Sinner fall into an ⟨p. 33⟩Affrighting Despair, as if it were Impossible, he should have all his horrid, and bloody Sins, Forgiven, him. It was not Impossible, for a Manasseh himself, to be Forgiven, though he had wrought much Evil in the Sight of the Lord, to provoke Him unto Anger: And though he had made others to Err, and to do worse than the Heathen. To thee, O Sinner, is directed that Heart-melting word, of a God, who forgives Iniquity, Transgression and Sin; Isa. 1.18. Come now, and let us Reason together, saith the Lord; Though your Sins be as Scarlet, they shall be as white as Snow, though they be […] like Crimson, they shall be as […] ▪ The Invitation of the Lord Jesus Christ, is to thee, O Polluted Creature, though thou hast a Soul a• black as Hell, and art but one […] out of Hell. He Invites thee, in these terms, Mat. 11.28. Come to me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden. Come to Thee; Ah, […] ⟨p. 34⟩Lord! For what? Oh, For what? Come to me, He says, That my Blood may Cleanse thee from all Sin, though thou art as Unclean, as all Sin can render thee. Come to me, He says, That though thou art the most Guilty upon Earth, yet thou mayest now stand in my Righteousness, without Guilt before the Court of Heaven. But who may Come? He says, Let all Come! What? Lord, may Rahab Come? Yes, let Rahab Come. Oh, Don't stand aloof, Don't keep away: when the Lord Jesus Christ thus Calls thee to Him! The Bad may Come, […] well as the Good. [See Mat. 22.••] Return, O Prodigal, Return; […] Bowels of thy grieved Father, ••ill yet yearn towards thee. And ••ere will be Joy among the Angels […] God, at thy Return. I remember, […] Peter, had been weeping over […] prodigious Crimes▪ one of the Angels was ravished with it: Says […] Go tell His Disciples, and Peter, […] before you: — he takes