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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The Question of the Disheartened •inner, is, May I Venture to Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, after all my Superlative Sinfulness? Why not, as well as Rahab? Venture! Yea, thou art Seized by the Eternal Vengeance of God, if thou do not Venture. ⟨p. 41⟩May I Venture? Yea, […] not only Mayst, but Must. Ther• is the Indispensable Command of Go• ▪ for it; 1 Joh. 3.23. This is His Commandment, That we should Believe on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ. Your Weal, or your Woe throughout Eternal Ages, turns upon your Obeying of this Command; Necessity is laid upon you: and Woe unto you, if you do it not.
The Question of the Disheartned •inner, is, May I Venture to Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, after all my Superlative Sinfulness? Why not, as well as Rahab? Venture! Yea, thou art Siez'd by the Eternal Vengeance of God, if thou do not Venture. ⟨p. 41⟩May I Venture? Yea, 〈…〉 not only Mayst, but Must. Ther• is the Indispensable Command of Go• ▪ for it; 1 Joh. 3.23. This is His Commandment, That we should Believe on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ. Your Weal, or your Wo throughout Eternal Ages, turns upon your Obeying of this Command; Necessity is laid upon you: and Wo unto you, if you do it not.
But then, this Admonition remains to be introduced. Rest not in a False Faith. Even from Rahab, we are taught, That a Saving Faith, will be a working Faith. There is no cause to Reject the Epistle of James, for that passage in it,