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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
WHAT rema••• will be some Direction how the Prayer is to be managed; how the ca•se, to be pleaded Now▪
F••st Oh! What Importunity, oh! what Importunity, ought this Prayer to be made withal; Turn thou •e, O GOD, that I may be Turned! How I• portunate, O perishing Souls, ought you to be in the Supplication? Wherefore,
F••st Oh! What Importunity, oh! what I•port•nity, ought this Prayer to be made withal; Turn thou •e, O GOD, that I may be Turned! How I• portunate, O perishing Souls, ought you to be in the Supplication? Wherefore,
First; BLOW up the Flames of an agreeable Importunity, in your Prayer for the Grace that shall Turn you unto GOD. Let this Fire of the Sanctuary, be blown up with most Affecting Meditations, on the Worth of the Blessing you are to Pray for. […] till you Prize this Work of GOD and of Grace; till you look on it as the most Precious thing that can be thought upon. Give not over your Meditations, till you come to these Apprehensions; Prov. III.14, 15. The Merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of Silver, and the gain thereof than fine Gold. It is more precious than pearl, and all the things thou canst desire, are not t be compared unto it. Meditate on, Meditate still Muse till the Fire Burns. Meditate until the Wisdom of a Solomon shall in this thing be yours When the proffer was made unto Solomon, Ask wha I shall give thee, he chose Wisdom, rather than al the Great Things of this little World. The profe is by the GOD of all Grace made nto you; Soul Ask what I shall give thee. Oh! Become so affected, that you shall make this Wise Choice; Lord Give me the Grace, to Turn unto thee with all my Heart; the Grace to Love the, an Serve thee, &