N01811:13
The salvation of the soul considered. The nature of that great salvation declared; with…
The salvation of the soul considered. The nature of that great salvation declared; with directions for the obtaining, and incentives to the pursuing, of it. In a brief essay, designed for a dispersion by hands at work for the kingdom of God. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1720
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 thy SOUL is famished. Thy Body is clothed; But thy SOUL is naked. The Distempers of thy Body, thou seekest a cure for. Thy SOUL is pining away in its Iniquities. Thy Body is falling and hastening down into the Pit of Corruption. Oh! what Provision hast thou made, that thy SOUL may be then Received into Everlasting Habitations?
But thy SOUL is famish'd. Thy Body is cloath'd; But thy SOUL is naked. The Distempers of thy Body, thou seekest a cure for. Thy SOUL is pining away in its Iniquities. Thy Body is falling and hast'ning down into the Pit of Corruption. Oh! what Provision hast thou made, that thy SOUL may be then Received into Everlasting Habitations?
The Subject is then agreed upon; The next ⟨p. 5⟩thing to be done, is to prevail with you, that you would pursue the Welfare of this Noble Subject; A point which, One would think, should now need no further to be spoken to. Do but Remember, O Man, That thou hast a SOUL, and thou canst not but Acknowledge, that it must be, The ONE THING that is Needful, to Consult the Welfare of it. But that this Design may be well pursued, we will Maintain Two Positions.
My First POSITION is; The SALVATION of the SOUL, is to be the Grand Point of Solicitude, with all that are going down to the Dust, whereof none can keep alive his own Soul. But now, What is implied, what is contained, in, The Salvation of the Soul? SALVATION! O comprehensive Word! O Incomprehensible Good! SOUL, 'Tis beyond all that thou canst Ask or Think!
My First POSITION is; The SALVATION of the SOUL, is to be the Grand Point of Sollicitude, with all that are going down to the Dust, whereof none can keep alive his own Soul. But now, What is implied, what is contain'd, in, The Salvation of the Soul? SALVATION! O comprehensive Word! O Incomprehensible Good! SOUL, 'Tis beyond all that thou canst Ask or Think!