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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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And what Misery have my Sins brought on me? Lord, what a Case am I in! Sold under Sin, cast out of God's Favour, accursed from the Lord, cursed in my Body, cursed in my Soul, cursed in my Name, my Estate, my Relations, and all that I have. My Sins are unpardoned, and my Soul within a Step of Death. Alas! what shall I do? Whither shall I go? Which Way shall I look? God is frowning on me from above; Hell gaping for me beneath; Conscience smiting me within; Temptations and Dangers surrounding me without. Oh, whither shall I flee? What Place can hide me from Omniscience? What Power can secure me from Omnipotency?
And what Misery have my Sins brought on me? Lord, what a Case am I in! Sold under Sin, cast out of God's Favour, accursed from the Lord, cursed in my Body, cursed in my Soul, cursed in my Name, my Estate, my Relations, and all that I have. My Sins are unpardoned, and my Soul within a Step of Death. Alas! what shall I do? Whither shall I go? Which Way shall I look? God is frowning on me from above; Hell gaping for me beneath; Conscience smiting me within; Temptations and Dangers surrounding me without. Oh, whither shall I flee? What Place can hide me from Omnisciency? What Power can secure me from Omnipotency?
What meanest thou, O my Soul, to go on thus? Art thou in League with Hell? Hast thou made a Covenant with Death? Art thou in Love with thy Misery? Is it good for thee to be here? Alas! what shall I do? Shall I go on in my sinful Ways? Why then certain Damnation will be mine End. And shall I be so besotted and be•dded, as to go and sell my Soul to the Flames for a little Ale, and a little Ease; for a little Pleasure, or Gain, or Content to my Flesh? Shall I linger any longer in this wretched Estate? No, if I tarry here, I shall die. ⟨p. 136⟩What then? Is there no Help, no Hope? None, except I turn. Why, but is there any Remedy for such woeful Misery? Any Mercy after such provoking Iniquity? Yes, as sure as God's Oath is true, I shall have Pardon and Mercy yet, if presently, unfeignedly and unreservedly I turn by Christ to him.