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The greatest concern in the world. A short and plain essay, to answer that…
The greatest concern in the world. A short and plain essay, to answer that most concerning and all concerning enquiry, What must I do to be saved? : Published, with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind, the one thing that is needful.
printed by T. Green, 1718
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.
Then, You are to Know; That there is a Law given to us, which is the Everlasting Rule, according to which, God requires us to Glorify Him; a Law of Love to God and Man, contained in our Ten Commandments.
Then, You are to Know; That there is a Law given to us, which is the Everlasting Rule, according to which, God requires us to Glorify Him; a Law of Love to God and Man, contain'd in our Ten Commandments.
But, That you daily Break this Law; and that every Breach of it, incurs the Wrath of God, who is of Purer Eyes than to behold Evil, and cannot look upon Iniquity.
Lastly, You are to Know, That while you lie under the Guilt of Sin, you are also under the Reign of Sin; and under the Reign of Satan too; A most woeful Oppression from the worst Enemies that can be. God is in Ill Terms with you; He Visits you not with His Great Consolations. All things are against you; The things that appear most for your Welfare, do but Ensnare you, do but Poison you, do but produce your further distance from God. ⟨p. 7⟩Your very Prosperity hurts you; Your Adversity lays the Chains of Death upon you You are Every Moment in danger, of being seized by the formidable Justice of God for Eternal Burnings. If you Die Unpardoned, you are sent among Devils, Damned unto Torments; must undergo a Strange Punishment, and a Long one, which is Reserved in a Future State, for the Workers of Iniquity.
Lastly, You are to Know, That while you lie under the Guilt of Sin, you are also under the Reign of Sin; and under the Reign of Satan too; A most woful Oppression from the worst Enemies that can be. God is in Ill Terms with you; He Visits you not with His Great Consolations. All things are against you; The things that appear most for your Welfare, do but Ensnare you, do but Poison you, do but produce your further distance from God.