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Dust and ashes. An essay upon repentance to the last. Advising a watchful Christian,…
Dust and ashes. An essay upon repentance to the last. Advising a watchful Christian, upon that case; how to keep alive the daily exercise of repentance, to the end of his life? : [Six lines of quotations in Latin and English]
printed by B. Green for Timothy Green, 1710
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I would carry on the Matter, to so much of watchfulness, in my apprehending Opportunities for Thoughts of Repentance, that the Provocations which may happen to be given unto my Bodily Senses at any time, shall provoke Such Thoughts in my Scull. If I Smell any thing that is not Grateful, or Taste any thing that is Bitter, My Soul shall fly away to some Thoughts on the Loathsomeness and Bitterness of Sin immediately. A Fresh Abhorrence of Sin shall be awakened it me. If I happen to Lodge, where any Vermin, and Insect, assaults me, it shall Humble me. I will think ;I have been One among the Enemies of God in the World These uneasy Creatures are part of the Armies which the Lord of Hosts Employs, and with some Contempt, against his Enemies.
I would carry on the Matter, to so much of watchfulness, in my apprehending Opportunities for Thoughts of Repentance, that the Provocations which may happen to be given unto my Bodily Senses at any time, shall provoke Such Thoughts in my Scul. If I Smell any thing that is not Grateful, or Taste any thing that is Bitter, My Soul shall fly away to some Thoughts on the Lothsomeness and Bitterness of Sin immediately. A Fresh Abhorrence of Sin shall be awakened it me. If I happen to Lodge, where any Vermine, and Insect, assaults me, it shall Humble me. I will think ;I have been One among the Enemies of God in the World These uneasy Creatures are part of the Armies which the Lord of Hosts Employes, and with some Contempt, against his Enemies.
From so Minute a Passage, you may take an Hint, how Surprisingly the Excitations of Repentance, in a Religious and Ingenious Mind, will Increase and Multiply!
My Friends;These are some of those Methods, by which a Life of Repentance is to ⟨p. 33⟩be carried on. Oh! come into these Methods. I know, you cannot but Approve them! You do so, if you Approve the things that are Excellent!