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The converted sinner. The nature of a conversion to real and vital piety: and…
The converted sinner. The nature of a conversion to real and vital piety: and the manner in which it is to be prayed & striven for. : A sermon preached in Boston, May 31, 1724. In the hearing and at the desire of certain pirates, a little before their execution. : To which there is added, a more private conference of a minister with them. ; [Two lines of quotation]The converted sinner. The nature of a conversion to real and vital piety: and the manner in which it is to be pray'd & striv'n for. : A sermon preached in Boston, May 31, 1724. In the hearing and at the desire of certain pirates, a little before their execution. : To which there is added, a more private conference of a minister with them. ; [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed for Nathaniel Belknap, 1724
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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.
First. THERE is an Absolute Necessity, a Tremendous Necessity, of your Turning unto GOD. Concerning this, it must be said u•to you, Necessity is laid upon you, and Woe un•o you, if you do it not. You read, Luk. X.42. There is One Thing that is needful. A Turn to GOD, is that One Thing By Departing from GOD, you are brought into such a Deplorable State, that there can be nothing, Verily nothing so Necessary for you, as a Recovery from that State, by a Conversion to GOD. In your Departure from GOD, you are in those ways that lead you down to the Chambers of Death; Destruction and Misery are in your ways. You can apprehend a Necessity for nothing, if you do not apprehend it Necessary to relinquish th•se ways.
First. THERE is an Absolute Necessity, a Tremendous Necessity, of your Turning unto GOD. Concerning this, it must be said u•to you, Necessity is laid upon you, and Wo un•o you, if you do it not. You read, Luk. X.42. There is One Thing that is needful. A Turn to GOD, is that One Thing By Departing from GOD, you are brought into such a Dep•orable State, that there can be nothing, Verily nothing so Necessary for you, as a Recovery from that State, by a Conversion to GOD. In your Departure from GOD, you are in those ways that lead you down to the Chambers of Death; Destruction and Misery are in your ways. You can apprehend a Necessity for nothing, if you do not apprehend it Necessary to relinquish th•se ways.
Oh! COME to such Sentiments as those; Psal. LXXIII.27, 28. Lo, They that are far from thee, shall perish, O Lord. But it is good for me to draw near unto GOD. The Commandment of GOD, has made it Necessary for you to Turn unto Him. How often do you find your selves Commanded of GOD? As in Ezek. XVIII.32. Turn your selves and Live ye And,