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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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Professor. Don't think you shall my zeal for Heaven co• Nor my dear Soul with fancies thus be fool. Rouse up (my Soul) now in thy own defence, And show thy clear, thy precious evidence. Can any thing be plainer here on Earth, 'Twas purchased for me by Christ Jesus's Death. The Father doth his Kingdom own, and he For his own Child has late adopted me. And if a Child, I also am an Heir, And shall with Jesus this like glory share.
Professor. Don't think you shall my zeal for Heaven co• Nor my dear Soul with fancies thus be fool. Rouse up (my Soul) now in thy own defence, And shew thy clear, thy precious evidence. Can any thing be plainer here on Earth, 'Twas purchas'd for me by Christ Jesus's Death. The Father doth his Kingdom own, and he For his own Child has late adopted me. And if a Child, I also am an Heir, And shall with Jesus this like glory share.
Apostate. How do you know you be his Child? in this You may mistake, and so may Canaan miss.
Professor. My late conversion doth most plainly prove, My inward birth is truly from above. The Truth and Conscience both agree in one, I am through Grace no Bastard, but a Son. ⟨p. 127⟩•ose whom God doth by his own Spirit lead, •ey are his Sons, you in the Scripture read. •ies all this, since I did first believe, […] earnest of this Land I did receive. A•d divers promises also there be, ••ich bind it firmly over unto me. ot my title unto Heaven good, hen signed and sealed to me by Christ his blood? Yu see by these I have a certain ground, And good assurance for Gods Kingdom found. […] you, as it appears, do quite despair, Without all hopes of ever coming there.