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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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Secondly; The Things To which you should be won, are such as it cannot but be your wisdom to be won to them. About every one of the things, I may say; Deut. 32. 47. It is […] a vain Thing for you, tis your Life.
Secondly; The Things To which you should be wun, are such as it cannot but be your wisdom to be wun to them. About every one of the things, I may say; Deut. 32. 47. It is 〈…〉 a vain Thing for you, tis your Life.
One Thing whereto we would Win your Soul, is, A vast Regard, a strong Pity for your own Souls. Oh! That you would be won to some Care about your Souls. Twill be your wisdom, O ye Souls in Peril, to be won unto some Thoughts about your own state before the Lord. It cannot but be wisdom as long as that word stands in the Bible Mat. 16. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own Soul? It was reckoned a Golden saying of the Heathen Reverence thy self, Honour thy self. A Christian cannot hear a saying of more Importance than this; Reverence thy Soul, Honour thy Soul O be not one of those Monsters of whom there is this Description, Prov. 15. 32. […] Despises his own Soul. I will say this unto you; Behold, O Despisers, and wonder, & no more Despise, that you may not Perish A Soul, that is the Miracle of the Creation. All the Stars in Heaven are not so illustrious as a Soul! The Image of the Great GOD, is no where so much to be seen throughout the whole visible Universe as upon a Soul! A Soul, which the Son of God Himself set such a rate upon, that He was willing to shed every drop of His Precious Blood for the purchase of it. A Soul, for which every […] ⟨p. 25⟩of the […] God! A Soul, […] the Highest and the bright […] would with all their Hearts, befriend […] their kindest […]! A Soul, A Soul, […] is […] for Eternity […] O Soul, […] Endure, and of thy […] there shall be […] For […] Oh that you would be […] to take some […], before it be too late. […] with your selves, what […] I […] what, what […] become of […] I […] for it […] You would […] to be […]: And there is not the […] of wisdom in you, till you come to This. […]! That you were all […] at least unto as much; To […] down before God, and […] out with him; […]