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

On the one side, He sees, That if he do Win any Souls, an astonishing Reward, a delicious Comforts will be the Issue of it. There is no Pleasure under Heaven comparable to that, The Doing of Good: It is Heaven Anticipated; It is a most Heavenly Pleasure; […] is its own Recompense; Every wise man is of that Judgment. But no Good is ever done, comparable to that which is done, in the winning of Souls. To Win a Soul, is to bring that Soul unto the Fruition of the Chief Good and it is to settle a New Fund of Services and Hallelujahs, and Adorations to the Great GOD that never, never shall be Exhausted through out Eternal Ages. More than this; He that wins a Soul, has a share in all the Felicity […] that Soul. Tis a vast Honour, that the Lord puts upon a wise man, when He makes that man, the Instrument of winning a Soul to Everlasting Felicity; and he makes the man […] Partaker of the Felicity. It will be so, when that Servant of God, shall behold the Saved Soul, Glorify God with such Acknowledgements, Oh! Blessed be God, for the Labours of such a man. Blessed be God, that ever I saw the Face, that ever I heard the Voice, that ever […] ⟨p. 15⟩the Books, of such a Man! There will be a diadem of matchless Glory, set upon the head of that wise man, that is a winner of Souls. Of such men it is promised, They shall […] as the Brightness of the Firmament, even as […] Stars for Ever & Ever. The winners of Souls, will be the Stars, whom God will call Names, when the Holy City shall come down, the Out-casts of Israel shall be gathered. There will be Mansions of a peculiar Dignity in the Holy City of God, for the winners of Souls. They shall Ride in Triumph through the streets of that City, and it shall be Proclaimed ••fore them, These are the Men whom the […] of Heaven delights to Honour. It is a •ishing passage, which our Apostle has to […] Thessalonians; Their Souls had been won […] his Ministry; and now, says he; I Thes. • 19. What is our Hope, or Joy, or Crown of joycing? Are not even ye, in the Presence of […] Lord Jesus Christ at His Coming? Sirs, At […] Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall •eet with such as have had their Souls won by […] means unto the Service of the Lord Jesus Christ. But Oh! What a Rapturous Greeting will there be between us; To have it said […] the one part, O my Friend, I thank God, I thank God, that ever I had your Counsels;