The nets of salvation. A brief essay, upon the glorious designs & methods of…

First, A Soul is Won, when it is brought […] the doing of those things which must be […] that it may be Saved. Or, say so; A […] is Won, when tis brought unto the Fear […]. There is a Winning of Souls unto […] selves, when we gain their good Opinion […] us, and their good Affection to us. But, […] is not the princip•• Winning of Souls •herein so much Wisdom is called for. It is […] Winning of Souls to Wisdom, that is to be […] principal Display of our Wisdom; and that […] the Winning and bringing of them unto the […] of God, which is the principal Wisdom. The winning of a Soul, is Excellently described […] us, in the words of one, that was a great artist at it; •am. 5. 20. He which […] Sinner from the Error of his way, shall save a Soul from Death. The Winning of the Soul the Taking of the Soul. The Hebrew word […] signifies as much as this comes to. There […] the Snares of Destruction. Sins, all Sinful practices, are those Destroying Snares. A Soul taken in them, is a Lost Soul. But there are the Snares of Salvation too. In the ways •f Religion, there lie those Lovely, Useful, •aving Snares. A Soul is won, when tis taken ⟨p. 10⟩here, and Enticed and Allured into the Right w••es of the Lord. We read of one, Act. 26. 2•. Almost persuaded to be a Christian. There was a Soul almost won! But when a Soul is Altogether Persuaded unto Real Christianity, and unto those things that will be for the Everlasting Peace of it; There, There is the winning of the Soul. A Soul is won, when it is engaged and Persuaded unto Serious Religion. Satan would make a Prize of every Soul. When the Soul is brought back unto God, by Serious Religion, it is then won from Satan. The winning of the Soul, is the bringing of the Soul to Repent of Sin: Repentance is unto the Salvation of the Soul. The winning of the Soul, is the bringing of the Soul, to Believe on Christ; The End of Earth is the Salvation of the Soul. To win the Soul, is to bring the Soul, to Call on God, and Walk with God; He that Calleth on the Name of the Lord shall be saved. We are here told, He that Winneth Souls, is Wise. You shall have an Angel from Heaven, to be an Expositor upon it;