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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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But still; What may be done? Thirdly, and I might have said, Firstly; There is this to be done. Praying for Souls is a main stroke is the winning of Souls. If once the Spirit of Grace be poured out upon a Soul, that Soul is won immediately; and never any Soul is […] till then. Prayer, Prayer, to the God of the Grace, This is the way to obtain the Spirit of Grace. The Enmity in the Souls of men, against God and Christ, will never be Conquered merely by Moral Suasions. Tis the Spirit of Grace, that is the grand winner of Souls. Oh! If He will but come in!—Our way must be this; When we have pitched upon a Soul, that we should win, we must fall down before the Lord, with weeping Supplications; O my God, Give me the Soul! Give me that Soul! It may be, the Lord will say to us, as once to Abraham: [Gen. 17. 20.] As for that Soul, I have heard thee; Thou hast won it; Behold, I have Blessed it, and it shall be Fruitful before me. All that would be successful at winning of Souls, must by Prayer, go to that God, who forms the spirit of man within him; that God, who Opens the Heart as He pleases, who Turns […] ⟨p. 41⟩Heart which way He pleases: First win the Soul in Heaven, and you will Win that Soul […] Earth, and win that Soul to Heaven.
But still; What may be done? Thirdly, and I might have said, Firstly; There is this to be done. Praying for Souls is a main stroke is the winning of Souls. If once the Spirit of Grace be poured out upon a Soul, that Soul is wun immediately; and never any Soul is 〈…〉 till then. Prayer, Prayer, to the God of the Grace, This is the way to obtain the Spirit of Grace. The Enmity in the Souls of men, against God and Christ, will never be Conquered merely by Moral Suasions. Tis the Spirit of Grace, that is the grand winner of Souls. Oh! If He will but come in!—Our way must be this; When we have pitched upon a Soul, that we should win, we must fall down before the Lord, with weeping Supplications; O my God, Give me the Soul! Give me that Soul! It may be, the Lord will say to us, as once to Abraham: [Gen. 17. 20.] As for that Soul, I have heard thee; Thou hast wun it; Behold, I have Blessed it, and it shall be Fruitful before me. All that would be successful at winning of Souls, must by Prayer, go to that God, who forms the spirit of man within him; that God, who Opens the Heart as He pleases, who Turns