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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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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.
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 ⟨p. 28⟩Faithful. The Distinction between these two Ex•ibitic•s of the Covenant must be Remembered; but yet the Relation between them should never be Forgotten. O Converting ones, This, This is what is now to be expected from you; To say unto GOD, Thou art the Lord my GOD. That is to say, Ask and Hope to be brought home unto GOD, •ccording to the Agreement between GOD the Father and GOD your Saviour. Mind this; It is propounded unto you, whether you are willing to be Saved, and Led, and Ruled, in those Methods of Grace, which GOD the Father and GOD your Saviour have established for the bringing of many sons •nto Glory. You must see a Day of Power, wherein Sovereign Grace will Quicken you, and Incline you, and make you Willing to be so dealt withal. Your Consent, Your Consent, unto the Methods of arriving unto Happiness, under the Conduct of an admirable JESUS, even of GOD Incarnate and Enthroned in an amiable JESUS; the […], of whom His Almighty Father says, I have given thee for a Covenant of the People: This must be tained. Oh! shall it be now Obtained! The […] of this, brings you actually into the Covenant of the Lord your GOD. Will you now mind the most concerning Proposal, that ever was made; that ever was heard! It is proposed unto you; Are you Willing that the Christ of GOD should bring you home to GOD?