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A treatise concerning conversion: showing the nature of saving conversion to God, and the…A treatise concerning conversion: shewing the nature of saving conversion to God, and the…
A treatise concerning conversion: showing the nature of saving conversion to God, and the way wherein it is wrought; together with an exhortation to labour after it. : To which is added, a lecture-sermon had at Boston, July 2. 1719. Wherein the way to know sincerity and hypocrisy is cleared up. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.A treatise concerning conversion: shewing the nature of saving conversion to God, and the way wherein it is wrought; together with an exhortation to labour after it. : To which is added, a lecture-sermon had at Boston, July 2. 1719. Wherein the way to know sincerity and hypocrisy is cleared up. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
Boston: printed by J.F. i.e for D. Henchman, 1719
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THE Nature of Saving CONVERSION, AND THE Way wherein it is wrought. › MOTIVES.
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There is a great deal of difficulty in the way of Reformation. It is a great while sometimes before they will forsake their evil ways: ⟨p. 106⟩If they do many things like Herod, yet they stick at some particulars; they will bear many a gird of Conscience before they will reform some things; they have their excuses and evasions. If they do throughly reform, and do duties of self denial, it is not brought about without a great deal of Terror. His mother's curse made Micah to reform his injustice; Judg. 17. They will not cast away their Idols of Gold without a great deal of terror. Isai. 2.20, 21. Many Persons deal very deceitfully a great while about the work of reformation; they pretend to reformation when they are not throughly reformed; their moisture is turned into the drought of summer before they will comply.
There is a great deal of difficulty in the way of Reformation. It is a great while sometimes before they will forsake their evil ways: ⟨p. 106⟩If they do many things like Herod, yet they stick at some particulars; they will bear many a gird of Conscience before they will reform some things; they have their excuses and evasions. If they do throughly reform, and do duties of self denial, it is not brought about without a great deal of Terror. His mother's curse made Mical to reform his injustice; Judg. 17. They will not cast away their Idols of Gold without a great deal of terror. Isai. 2.20, 21. Many Persons deal very deceitfully a great while about the work of reformation; they pretend to reformation when they are not throughly reformed; their moisture is turned into the drought of summer before they will comply.