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Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes…
Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly looked for. : Addressed unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles]Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly look'd for. : Address'd unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles]
Boston: printed for S. Kneeland, 1727
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.
In short, The Method of CONVERSION is This. The Foundation of the work must be laid in a deep Humiliation of Soul, confessing, That thou art Unable to Turn unto GOD, and Unworthy that He should enable thee, and yet most Worthy to perish if thou do it not. Being thus Humbled unto the Dust, now Cry from thence to the glorious GOD. Quicken me, O GOD of Sovereign Grace, Quicken me, to Turn unto thee, and Fly unto my SAVIOUR. And hereupon Try, whether He do not Help thee. Try particularly, whether thou canst not give an Hearty Answer to the Calls of the Gospel. The Gospel calls, Be sorry for thy Sin. Try whether thou canst not Heartily say, Lord, I am sorry, I am sorry, that I have wandered from thee! The Gospel calls, Let the great Salvation which thy JESUS has for thee, be welcome to thee. Try whether ⟨p. 24⟩thou canst not Heartily say; Lord, The Benefits of a JESUS, are all welcome to me, all welcome to me! The Gospel calls, Resolve upon a Life of Obedience to GOD all thy Days. Try whether thou canst not Heartily say, Lord, The way of thy Commandments, with paying of acknowledgements to Thee in all my ways, I Resolve upon it, I Resolve upon it!— Behold, Thy Calling and Election made sure in thy Arrival unto this.
In short, The Method of CONVERSION is This. The Foundation of the work must be laid in a deep Humiliation of Soul, confessing, That thou art Unable to Turn unto GOD, and Unworthy that He should enable thee, and yet most Worthy to perish if thou do it not. Being thus Humbled unto the Dust, now Cry from thence to the glorious GOD. Quicken me, O GOD of Sovereign Grace, Quicken me, to Turn unto thee, and Fly unto my SAVIOUR. And hereupon Try, whether He do not Help thee. Try particularly, whether thou canst not give an Hearty Answer to the Calls of the Gospel. The Gospel calls, Be sorry for thy Sin. Try whether thou canst not Heartily say, Lord, I am sorry, I am sorry, that I have wandred from thee! The Gospel calls, Let the great Salvation which thy JESUS has for thee, be welcome to thee. Try whether ⟨p. 24⟩thou canst not Heartily say; Lord, The Benefits of a JESUS, are all welcome to me, all welcome to me! The Gospel calls, Resolve upon a Life of Obedience to GOD all thy Days. Try whether thou canst not Heartily say, Lord, The way of thy Commandments, with paying of acknowledgments to Thee in all my ways, I Resolve upon it, I Resolve upon it!— Behold, Thy Calling and Election made sure in thy Arrival unto this.