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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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A Soul Turning to GOD, soon discovers it by saying to Him, Thou art the Lord my GOD. The Conversion of a Sinner is th•• described; Isa. LVI.•. They choose the Things that please […], and they take hold of my Covenant. It is to be supposed, that you are Praying to the Glorious GOD, O Turn thou me! You are now to be told, what you will •ome to if your Prayer be heard; if the Lord have not turned away your Prayer, nor His Mercy from you. You will take hold of His Covenant.
A Soul Turning to GOD, soon discovers it by saying to Him, Thou art the Lord my GOD. The Conversion of a Sinner is th•• described; Isa. LVI.•. They chuse the Things that please 〈…〉, and they take hold of my Covenant. It is to be supposed, that you are Praying to the Glorious GOD, O Turn thou me! You are now to be told, what you will •ome to if your Prayer be heard; if the Lord have not turned away your Prayer, nor His Mercy from you. You will take hold of His Covenant.
A Right Notion of this matter shall be set before you.
KNOW then, That GOD the Father has made a Covenant with His Eternal Son, about the Saving of a People, whom for that purpose, and with an Eternal purpose of Good unto them, He Commits unto Him. Tis because of this Covenant, that GOD the Father is called, The God of our Lord Jesus Christ. And because of this Covenant, there is mentioned unto us, A Volume of a Book, that is to say, A Contract or Compact, wherein such a thing is Written of. In this Covenant of Redemption, GOD the Father engages to Allow and Accept what our Saviour shall do for the People that are given unto Him. GOD our Saviour engages to Glorify his Father, by answering the Demands of His Law, on the behalf of His People, and by such Operations of His Grace upon them, as will terminate in His Presenting them Faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding Joy. But then know, The covenant of GOD is with His People too. O Church of the Lord, It is THY Covenant. And the Covenant of Redemption, becomes the Covenant of Reconciliation, in this Application of it unto the