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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
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.
what ⟨p. 16⟩a Glory have they brought me to! To have it said on the other part, O my Child, I am glad you are here: what shall we now do together for the Glory of our Lord!
It was a Savoury Speech uttered by a Great Personage, who sometimes was a Preacher of the Gospel, but came to be one of the most Eminent States-men in Europe; Said he, […] have passed through many places of Honour and of Trust, both in Church and State more than any of my Order in England for Seventy Years before. But were assured, that by my Preaching I had Converted but one Soul to God, I should there […] take more Comfort, than in all the Honours and Offices that ever have been bestowed upon me. Great WILLIAMS, […] do not wonder at thee!
It was a Savoury Speech uttered by a Great Personage, who sometimes was a Preacher of the Gospel, but came to be one of the most Eminent States-men in Europe; Said he, 〈…〉 have passed through many places of Honour and of Trust, both in Church and State more than any of my Order in England for Seventy Years before. But were assured, that by my Preaching I had Converted but one Soul to God, I should there 〈…〉 take more Comfort, than in all the Honours and Offices that ever have been bestowed upon me. Great WILLIAMS, 〈…〉 do not wonder at thee!
On the other side; He sees, That if he do not what he can, for the winning of Souls, he may come to have the Ruin of Souls lying upon him. There is no fight so grievous and so fearful, unto a wise man, as the Desolation of […] a SOUL. For a Soul to lie under the Guilt of Sin, and the Wrath of God, and become a Prey to Devils; Oh! Tis the most Heartbreaking sight, unto every Good man, that ever he looked upon. But then, the Blood