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An alarm to unconverted sinners. In a serious treatise: showing I. What conversion is…An alarm to unconverted sinners. In a serious treatise: shewing I. What conversion is…
An alarm to unconverted sinners. In a serious treatise: showing I. What conversion is not, and correcting some mistakes about it. II. What conversion is, and wherein it consisteth. III. The necessity of conversion. IV. The marks of the unconverted. V. The miseries of the unconverted. VI. Directions for conversion. VII. Motions [i.e., Motives] to conversion. : Whereunto are annexed Divers practical cases of conscience judiciously resolved. / By Joseph Alleine, late Minister of the Gospel at Taunton, in Somersetshire.An alarm to unconverted sinners. In a serious treatise: shewing I. What conversion is not, and correcting some mistakes about it. II. What conversion is, and wherein it consisteth. III. The necessity of conversion. IV. The marks of the unconverted. V. The miseries of the unconverted. VI. Directions for conversion. VII. Motions [i.e., Motives] to conversion. : Whereunto are annexed Divers practical cases of conscience judiciously resolv'd. / By Joseph Alleine, late Minister of the Gospel at Taunton, in Somersetshire.
Philadelphia: printed by B. Franklin, 1741
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Direct. VIII. Resign up all thy Powers and Faculties, and thy whole Interest to be his: They ga• their own selves unto the Lord, 2 Cor. 8.5. Present your Bodies as a living Sacrifice, Rom. 12.1. The Lord seeks not yours, but you: Resign therefore thy Body with all its Members, to him; and thy Soul, with all its Powers, that it may be glorified ⟨p. 119⟩in thy Body, and in thy Spirit, which are his, 2 Cor. 6 20. In a right Closure with Christ, all thy Faculties give up to him. The Judgment subscribes, Lord, thou art worthy of all Acceptation, chief of Ten Thousand: Happy is the Man that findeth thee. All the Things that are to be desired, are not to be compared with thee, Prov. 3.13, 14, 15. The Understanding lays aside its corrupt Reasonings and Cavils, and its Prejudices against Christ, and his Ways. It it now past questioning and disputing, and casts it for Christ against all the World. It concludes, 'tis good to be here; and sees such a Treasure in this Field, such a Value in this Pearl, as is worth all, Matth. 13.44. Oh, here is the richest Bargain that ever I made, here is the richest Prize that ever Man was offered, here is the sovereignest Remedy that ever Mercy prepared; He is worthy of my Esteem, worthy of my Choice, worthy of my Love, worthy to be embraced, adored, admired for evermore, Rev. 5.12. I approve of his Articles, his Terms are righteous and reasonable, full of Equity and Mercy. Again, the Will resigns: It stands no longer wavering, nor wishing and woulding, but it is peremptorily determined: Lord, thy Love hath overcome me, thou h• won me, and thou shalt have me: Come in, Lord; to thee I freely open, I consent to be saved in thine own Way, thou shalt have any Thing, thou shalt have all, let me have but thee. The Memory gives up to Christ […], here is a Store-house for thee; out with this Trash, lay in thy Treasure: Let me be a Granary, a Repository of thy Truth; thy Promises, thy Providences. The Conscience comes in: Lord, I will ever side with thee, I will be thy faithful Register, I will warn when the Sinner is tempted, and smite when thou art offended. I will witness for thee, and judge for thee, and guide into thy Ways, I will never let Sin have quiet in this Soul. The Affections also come unto Christ: Oh, saith Love, I am sick of thee: Oh, saith Desire, now I have my longing: Here is the Satisfaction I sought