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War with the devil, or, The young man's conflict with the powers of darkness,…
War with the devil, or, The young man's conflict with the powers of darkness, in a dialogue discovering the corruption and vanity of youth, the horrible nature of sin, and deplorable condition of fallen man, also, a description of the power and rule of conscience, and the nature of true conversion. : To which is added, an appendix, containing a dialogue between an old apostate and a young professor, worthy the perusal of all, but chiefly intended for the instruction of the younger sort. / By B.K. author of Zion in distress, or The groans of the Protestant church.War with the devil, or, The young man's conflict with the powers of darkness, in a dialogue discovering the corruption and vanity of youth, the horrible nature of sin, and deplorable condition of fallen man, also, a description of the power and rule of conscience, and the nature of true conversion. : To which is added, an appendix, containing a dialogue between an old apostate and a young professor, worthy the perusal of all, but chiefly intended for the instruction of the younger sort. / By B.K. author of Sion in distress, or The groans of the Protestant church.
New York: printed by William Bradford, 1707
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Youth in his Unconverted state.Youth in his Ʋnconverted state.
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Youth. But I go further yet, I do confess, My horrid evils and my guiltiness; If I confess my sins, as I have done, God he is just, and is the faithful One; Who will my sins forgive and pardon quite, And blot them out of his own precious sight, This being so, what cause then can you see, But that I'm turned from my Iniquity?
Youth. But I go further yet, I do confess, My horrid evils and my guiltiness; If I confess my sins, as I have done, God he is just, and is the faithful One; Who will my sins forgive and pardon quite, And blot them out of his own precious sight, This being so, what cause then can you see, But that I'm turn'd from my Iniquity?
Truth. This will not do, 'tis not a certain ground; Some do confess their sins whose heart's unsound. When Phara•• saw the Judgment of the Hail, His heart began then greatly for to fail. I've sinned this time, the Lord is just, said he, I, and my People (also) wicked be. Though Pharaoh, Saul, and Judas, each of them, God did reject, and utterly condemn; Yet these, when under wrath, are forced to cry, Lord we have sinned; their Conscience so did fly Into their Faces, that it made them quake, And unto God Confession strait to make. ⟨p. 42⟩Confession may be made also in part; And not of every sin that's in the heart. Men may confess their sin, and their great guilt, Who the dire nature of it never felt. Confess their sins in their extremity, When Conscience pinches them most bitterly. Confess their sins which they committed have, Yet don't intend those cursed sins to leave.
Truth. This will not do, 'tis not a certain ground; Some do conf•ss their sins whose heart's unsound. When Phara•• saw the Judgment of the Hail, His heart began then greatly for to fail. I've sin'd this time, the Lord is just, said he, I, and my People (also) wicked be. Though Pha•aoh, Saul, and Judas, each of them, God did reject, and utterly condemn; Yet these, when under wrath, are forc'd to cry, Lord we have sin'd; their Conscience so did fly Into their Faces, that it made them quake, And unto God Confession strait to make.