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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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What more shall we say? This, Lastly; In Winning of Souls, the Winning of those, who are more Immediately under our own Charge, is in the First Place to be Laboured for. This Charity must Begin at home!
Shall I say then? O CONSORTS, Can you do nothing to win the Souls of your Consorts? To speak more Scripturally, What knowest thou, O Man, but thou may it win thy Wife? What knowest thou, O Woman, but thou mayst win thy Husband? There is a memorable Direction; 1 Pet. 3. 1. That the Husbands may be won by the Conversation of the Wives. Alas, The Task lies oftenest and hardest on that side; The Husband is to be Won by the Wife unto the ways of God. Oh, Use all the Artifice, all the Patience, and all the Obliging Persuasives, that ever you can, ye Hand-maids of the Lord, that your Consorts may be Engaged unto Serious Religion. There is this one thing to be mentioned: It may be some of you have Husbands who don't Pray in their Families, I am afraid, left You, even You, may be something to blame. It will be much, if you can do nothing, upon them, to bring them unto something of Devotion. Oh! Importune them, till you have done it! Their […] Souls will Bless God for you, throughout Eternal Ages.
Shall I say then? O CONSORTS, Can you do nothing to win the Souls of your Consorts? To speak more Scripturally, What knowest thou, O Man, but thou may it win thy Wife? What knowest thou, O Woman, but thou mayst win thy Husband? There is a memorable Direction; 1 Pet. 3. 1. That the Husbands may be wun by the Conversation of the Wives. Alas, The Task lies oftnest and hardest on that side; The Husband is to be Wun by the Wife unto the wayes of God. Oh, Use all the Artifice, all the Patience, and all the Obliging Perswasives, that ever you can, ye Hand-maids of the Lord, that your Consorts may be Engaged unto Serious Religion. There is this one thing to be mentioned: It may be some of you have Husbands who don't Pray in their Families, I am afraid, left You, even You, may be something to blame. It will be much, if you can do nothing, upon them, to bring them unto something of Devotion. Oh! Importune them, till you have done it! Their Souls will Bless God for you, throughout Eternal Ages.