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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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thy Right Hand shall find out th•se that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery Oven in the time of thine Anger. In fine, our Great Redeemer has prepared Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly Places, for His Chosen People; There is a Rest, which remains for the People of GOD. But the Holy One will allow none for His People, but such as Turn unto Him. Unto all the rest, He will say, I know you not, ye Workers of Iniquity. Our Great Redeemer has given that Warning unto us; Matth. XVIII 3. Except ye be Converted, ye shall not Enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. An Everlasting Life in the Fruition of all good, is intended for the Elect; But none shall see that Life, who do not with a Conversion here begin to Live unto GOD. GOD has laid up this Great Goodness, for none but those that Fear Him. There is a World, wherein the Elect shall Inherit all things: But unless a Conversion to GOD bring us into an Adoption from Him, we can have no claim to that Inheritance. None but Sons of GOD, shall be Heirs of GOD. The City of GOD, has that Motto, upon the strait Gates of it; Heb. XI•.14. Without Holiness no man shall see the Lord. Oh! That this Ponderous Truth, might be fel• in the vast Weight of ⟨p. 10⟩it, on every one of your Minds. By our Apostasy from GOD, our Souls naturally have an Aversion for GOD; and Aversion for the Things that are Holy, & I•st, & Go•d. This Aversion, must be cured by a Conversion to GOD. If our Death find it not cured, but reigning in us, it will become f•xed in us. What can follow, but Eternal Weeping, & Wailing, & Gnashing of Teeth? What but an Horror of Darkness forevermore? O Unconverted ones; Were it possible for you, to be taken into Heaven, while you are Unprepared for it: before a Turn to GO• has fitted you for the employments and Enjoyments of the Glorious World; — Alas, Heaven it self would be no Heaven to you. Unregenerate, Should•st thou carry thy Venomous Nature into Heaven with thee, Heaven would soon spue out such a loathsome Wretch; Yea, thou wouldest find thy own Expectations •alked in that Holy Place at such a rate, that thou wouldest thyself leap down head-long rather than continue there. As Uzziah, when he appeared in the Temple, with the Leprosy in his Forehead, the Priests thrust him out of the Temple; Yea, he himself hasted to go out! In Heaven, thou woulest be out of thy Element.