N02144:92
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.
P P. Sir, We believe this; And we are in Distress about it
P P. Syr, We believe this; And we are in Distress about it
M. But are you sensible, That you cannot Change your own H•art! or, give to yourselves that New Heart, which you must have, or Perish Wonderfully ▪
P. P. We thought we could. But we now sadly fi•d we can't!
M. And yet, your case is not That, which the Pr••ane Scoffers (whom it may be, you have me• with,) do say we make it; You are chained in a Prison, which is on a light Fire over your Heads: [That's True▪] And Almighty GOD now Mocks you• with bidding you, shake off your Chains, and come out of the Flames. No, No; He says to you, Why dont you […] nto me, to take off your Chains, nd uck you ut o the Flames? If once you made an Hrty Cry unto the GOD of all Grace, t Quicken & Strengthen your Flight from the Wrat to come, whereof He has Warned you; Verily, this very Thing would be a Token for Good upon you; That the Spirit of Life from GOD has Begun to Quicken you and Strengthen you; your Flight is Begun: Tis Begun in an Hearty Cry for Help […] make it.— And yet, Remember; One Ingredient of the Hearty Cr must be a Confession, Tha as you are Unable to Turn unto GOD, So, you ar Unworthy that GOD should Enable you. I pray What are your Thoughts of This? I ou should no Employ your Prayers and Pain for a Turn to GOD, and the sovereign GOD should ye withhold his Grace from you, and leave you […] Die in your Sins, could you complain of any Injustice in Him?