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Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered.…
Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered. An essay, to awaken people out of the lethargy which disposes them to continue in a dark uncertainty about their future state, in the world, which is not seen, but is eternal. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
printed by T Green, 1724
Title page typeset from the transcription.
STIMULATOR. OR, The Case of a SOUL in the Dark.STIMƲLATOR. OR, The Case of a SOUL in the Dark.
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.
Let it not be thought Uncharitable or too censorious, when I say unto you; I Doubt, I Doubt, there are not many among you, that can cheerfully Entertain the Messengers of Death, & can with more Pleasure than Horror, hear the Roaring of the Lion, and say, My Friend, Thou art Welcome to me. I know, that my Redeemer Lives, and thou art come to fetch me into the Paradise, where I shall see His Face with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory! At Least, I Fear, I Fear, there are many of you, who, if the Arrest of Death were laid upon them, the Terror of Death alone would be Enough to kill them; and they would chatter like a Crane or a Swallow, and mourn like a Dove going to be pulled out of their nest; & cry out, Oh! I am in the Dark, I am in the Dark; and for ⟨p. 4⟩ought I Know, I am going down to Eternal Darkness. When I behold, the amazing Uncertainty about the GRAND POINT wherein our dear People allow themselves to continue Unresolved, and how Commonly and Easily People continue all their Days, Uncertain, & altogether in the Dark, what shall become of them in an awful ETERNITY before them; I am Afflicted, I am Distressed, I am Astonished. It is a CASE that calls for the most Awakening Expostulations.
Let it not be thought Uncharitable or too censorious, when I say unto you; I Doubt, I Doubt, there are not many among you, that can cheerfully Entertain the Messengers of Death, & can with more Pleasure than Horror, hear the Roaring of the Lion, and say, My Friend, Thou art Welcome to me. I know, that my Redeemer Lives, and thou art come to fetch me into the Paradise, where I shall see His Face with Joy Ʋnspeakable and Full of Glory! At Least, I Fear, I Fear, there are many of you, who, if the Arrest of Death were laid upon them, the Terror of Death alone would be Enough to kill them; and they would chatter like a Crane or a Swallow, and mourn like a Dove going to be pull'd out of their nest; & cry out, Oh! I am in the Dark, I am in the Dark; and for ⟨p. 4⟩ought I Know, I am going down to Eternal Darkness. When I behold, the amazing Uncertainty about the GRAND POINT wherein our dear People allow themselves to continue Unresolved, and how Commonly and Easily People continue all their Days, Uncertain, & altogether in the Dark, what shall become of them in an awful ETERNITY before them; I am Afflicted, I am Distressed, I am Astonished. It is a CASE that calls for the most Awakening Expostulations.