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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.
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.
Thirdly. There are various Acts of a Believer Living unto GOD. The Doing of any such Acts will help to show it, and a course Abounding and persisting in such Acts, will indisputably show it, that you are to Live Eternally. As now, To do the part of a Sacrificer, in Patiently and Cheerfully Submitting to the Will of GOD, as often as he does with Afflictive Dispensations Perform the Thing that is appointed for us: Willingly to offer up our Sacrifices, when our Desirable Things are taken away with a Stroke; Devoutly to find in a CHRIST all the Good which we fondly sought in the things that we have Sacrificed: This will determine it, that we have a part in the Royal Priesthood; & we shall one day come to serve GOD in His Temple which is Above.
Again; To Realize the Eye of GOD upon you in all your ways; to be by the Awe thereof Restrained from Evil ways, and Forwarded in Good ways; by this Thought, GOD sees me; GOD knows what is done in the most secret places! ⟨p. 43⟩To keep a Guard on the very Motions of your Hearts, because GOD Looks upon them! This is the way of none but the upright in Heart; the Good ones, whom GOD will do Good unto.
Again; To Realize the Eye of GOD upon you in all your ways; to be by the Aw thereof Restrain'd from Evil ways, and Forwarded in Good ways; by this Thought, GOD sees me; GOD knows what is done in the most secret places! ⟨p. 43⟩To keep a Guard on the very Motions of your Hearts, because GOD Looks upon them! This is the way of none but the upright in Heart; the Good ones, whom GOD will do Good unto.
Moreover, To welcome any Bitter Thing, whereby Sin may be Embittered; and this Because of its being so! To prefer a Sanctified Adversity, before a Secure, Senseless, Carnal Prosperity: To be Thankful for a Way hedged with Thorns, wherein you are kept from Walking in the vanity of your Minds! This is not the way of the Hypocrite