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Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences…
Ignorantia scientifica. A brief essay on mans not knowing his time: the just inferences from it, and the great advantages of it. : Upon a special and mournful occasion. : [Seven lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Gerrish, 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.
THERE once came unto an unhappy Man, that Message, Jer. XXVIII. 16. This Year thou shalt Dy. Man, Thou knowest not thy Time; And therefore the Message may be brought unto thee, This Year thou mayst Dy. But what if the Dead Warrant could be more evidently shown thee, O Thou Prisoner of the Earth: And it could be more positively said, This Year thou shalt Die? Wouldest thou not Immediately Retire to Consider thy ways; Immediately plead the Sacrifice of a Glorious CHRIST for the Salvation of thy Soul, the Righteousness of a Glorious CHRIST, for thy Acceptance with GOD; Immediately give up thy self unto the Holy SPIRIT of the Lord, and with a most flaming Agony entreat Him to ⟨p. 20⟩take Possession of thee! Oh! then do this Immediately, O all ye People every one of you! For, O Man, Thou knowest not thy Time. There is not one of us, but for ought he knows, he may Die before this Week be out: Man, For ought thou knowest, This Night thy Soul may be required of thee!
THERE once came unto an unhappy Man, that Message, Jer. XXVIII. 16. This Year thou shalt Dy. Man, Thou knowest not thy Time; And therefore the Message may be brought unto thee, This Year thou mayst Dy. But what if the Dead Warrant could be more evidently shown thee, O Thou Prisoner of the Earth: And it could be more positively said, This Year thou shalt Dy? Wouldest thou not Immediately Retire to Consider thy ways; Immediately plead the Sacrifice of a Glorious CHRIST for the Salvation of thy Soul, the Righteousness of a Glorious CHRIST, for thy Acceptance with GOD; Immediately give up thy self unto the Holy SPIRIT of the Lord, and with a most flaming Agony entreat Him to ⟨p. 20⟩take Possession of thee! Oh! then do this Immediately, O all ye People every one of you! For, O Man, Thou knowest not thy Time. There is not one of us, but for ought he knows, he may Dy before this Week be out: Man, For ought thou knowest, This Night thy Soul may be required of thee!