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The nets of salvation. A brief essay, upon the glorious designs & methods of…
The nets of salvation. A brief essay, upon the glorious designs & methods of winning. The minds of men unto serious religion, : [Four lines of quotations]
printed by Timothy Green, 1704
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No; But He did not say, That the Soul cannot be Damned. The Danger which the Soul is in, Oh, so terrible is the Danger, that it cannot without Surprise, and Horror, and Amazement of Soul be thought upon. Certainly, our People will quickly be Won unto ⟨p. 7⟩this point; They will all quickly grant, That the Welfare of the Soul, is the First, & Chief, and Main Thing, to be by every man provided for. We read of such an admirable Thing as that; 3 Joh. 2. The Prosperity o• the Soul. That man, who does think the Prosperity of the Soul, is not the best Prosperity, […] there can be any Prosperity without the Prosperity of the Soul, such a man horribly Rebels against the Light of that Reason, that makes him a Man. It was most Reasonably said of old, The Soul is the Man. When I see a man Thoughtless about the Welfare of his own Soul, I wonder that I don't see a thing driven from among Men, Eating the Grass like an Ox, with a Body wet from the Dew of Heaven, and Hairs grown like Eagles Feathers, & Nails like the Claws of Birds. Alas, Alas, why are we so Deaf unto the Cry of our Souls!
No; But He did not say, That the Soul cannot be Damned. The Danger which the Soul is in, Oh, so terrible is the Danger, that it cannot without Surprize, and Horror, and Amazement of Soul be thought upon. Certainly, our People will quickly be Wun unto ⟨p. 7⟩this point; They will all quickly grant, That the Welfare of the Soul, is the First, & Chief, and Main Thing, to be by every man provided for. We read of such an admirable Thing as that; 3 Joh. 2. The Prosperity o• the Soul. That man, who does think the Prosperity of the Soul, is not the best Prosperity, 〈…〉 there can be any Prosperity without the Prosperity of the Soul, such a man horribly Rebels against the Light of that Reason, that makes him a Man. It was most Reasonably said of old, The Soul is the Man. When I see a man Thoughtless about the Welfare of his own Soul, I wonder that I don't see a thing driven from among Men, Eating the Grass like an Oxe, with a Body wet from the Dew of Heaven, and Hairs grown like Eagles Feathers, & Nails like the Clawes of Birds. Alas, Alas, why are we so Deaf unto the Cry of our Souls!