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A guide to Christ. Or, The way of directing souls that are under the…
A guide to Christ. Or, The way of directing souls that are under the work of conversion. Compiled for the help of young ministers: and may be serviceable to private Christians, who are enquiring the way to Zion. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. and Pastor of the church in Northampton. ; With an epistle prefixed, by the Reverend Dr. Increase Mather.
Boston: printed by J. Allen for N. Boone, 1714
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.
But there are other Scriptures which hold forth, that there must be PREPARATION for Christ before our Closing with him: it does appear by INSTANCES recorded in the Scripture: One is of Paul, Acts 9.4, 5. he was terrified, in way of preparation to his receiving of Christ, and about the same time was led into the understanding of his own helplessness, Rom. 7.9. Another is of the Jailer, Acts 16.29, 30, 31. he was greatly scared, least he should fall short of Salvation; and since we have such circumstances, and none to the contrary, we may […] judge that this is Gods method in Converting Sinners.
But there are other Scriptures which hold forth, that there must be PREPARATION for Christ before our Closing with him: it does appear by INSTANCES recorded in the Scripture: One is of Paul, Acts 9.4, 5. he was terrifyed, in way of preparation to his receiving of Christ, and about the same time was led into the understanding of his own helplessness, Rom. 7.9. Another is of the Jaylor, Acts 16.29, 30, 31. he was greatly scared, least he should fall short of Salvation; and since we have such circumstances, and none to the contrary, we may 〈…〉 judge that this is Gods method in Converting Sinners.
It also appears from such […] as are held forth in the Scriptures: […] some Sinners are near the Kingdom of God, and others are far from it: Mark 12.34. this shows that ⟨p. 4⟩