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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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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, Eph. 1.18. Concerning, The Riches of the Glory of that Inheritance, which is for the Saints. O Incomparable Riches! O Incomprehensible Riches! To which the Turn to GOD, which will render you Saints, will immediately entitle you! The Riches which are the Desire of all Nations, have nothing in them to be desired, if weighed in the Balances against the Riches, which your Turn •o •OD will invest you with all! Soul, Turn to GOD, and the Graces which thou wilt receive in thy doing so, will be Riches more valuable than Ingots, than Mountains of Gold; Will be Jewels of great Price, and will make thee to be such. Turn to GOD & the Unsearchable Riches of Christ will belong unto ⟨p. 12⟩•ee; CHRIST is All; and this Christ shalt thou e an Oner of. Turn to GOD, and the Infinite OD Himself is thy GOD; thy exceeding great reward. But if the Infinite GOD be thine, what ill thy Rices be short of that Account! Rev. XI.7. He shall Inherit all things, & I will be his OD. The Storehouse of Infinite Goodness and Mercy, is from this Joyful Moment open to thee!