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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 Heart would be full of Antipathy against the Holiness of Heaven. Paradise would be a purgatory to thee. No Snakes or Toads can subsist in so pure a Climate Oh! May the Result of this Meditation be; My turn to GOD, it is the most Necessary thing that I have to be concerned about! — But if it be so Necessary, tis then to be Prayed for. O Tu•n thou me! No Prayer, no Prayer so very Necessary.
Thy Heart would be full of Antipathy against the Holiness of Heaven. Paradise would be a •urgatory to thee. No Snakes or Toads can subsist in so pure a Climate Oh! May the Result of this Meditation be; My turn to GOD, it is the most Necessary thing that I have to be concerned about! — But if it be so Necessary, tis then to be Prayed for. O Tu•n thou me! No Prayer, no Prayer so very Necessary.
Secondly. YOUR Turning to GOD, will be found as Desirable, as tis Necessary. Your Turn t• Godliness, you will find Profitable to all things, having the Promises of the Life that now is, & […] that which is to come. We read, 2 Pet. 1.4. Of▪ Exceeding Great & Precious Pr•mises, belonging t• those who are Partakers of a Divine Nature. • Conversion to GOD makes you partakers of another Nature, than what you have in the Depravations that your Original Sin has brought upon you; a Nature of a Divine Resemblance, a Divine Tendency. But, Oh! the Exceeding Great & Precious Promises, which upon such a New Nature, you will have a Title to! It may be said unto the Convert; Li•t up thine Eyes now, and look over all the Sacred Scriptures; It is full of excellent Promises, which contain in them all the Good that thy Soul can desire. Walk through' it in […] engt of it, and in the Breadth of it; For a ntiful GOD will give it all unto thee. We read,