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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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Why then I thank thee upon the bended Knees of my Soul, O most merciful Jehovah, that thy Patience hath waited upon me hitherto: For hadst thou took me away in this Estate, I had perished for ever. And now I adore thy Grace, and accept the Offers of thy Mercy: I renounce all my Sins, and resolve, by thy Grace, to set myself against them, and to follow thee, in Holiness and Righteousness, all the Days of my Life.
Who am I, Lord, that I should make any Claim unto thee, or have any Part or Potion in thee, who am not worthy to lick up the Dust of thy Feet? Yet since thou holdest forth the golden Sceptre, I am bold to come and touch. To despair, would be to disparage thy Mercy; and to stand off when thou biddest me come, would be at once to undo myself, and rebel against thee, under the Pretence of Humility. Therefore I bow my Soul to thee, and with all possible Thankfulness accept thee as mine, and give up myself to thee as thine. Thou shalt be Sovereign over me, my King, and my God: Thou shalt be in the Throne, and all my Powers shall bow to thee, they shall come and worship before thy Feet: Thou shalt be my Portion, O Lord, and I will rest in thee.
Who am I, Lord, that I should make any Claim unto thee, or have any Part or Pottion in thee, who am not worthy to lick up the Dust of thy Feet? Yet since thou holdest forth the golden Scepter, I am bold to come and touch. To despair, would be to desparage thy Mercy; and to stand off when thou biddest me come, would be at once to undo myself, and rebel against thee, under the Pretence of Humility. Therefore I bow my Soul to thee, and with all possible Thankfulness accept thee as mine, and give up myself to thee as thine. Thou shalt be Sovereign over me, my King, and my God: Thou shalt be in the Throne, and all my Powers shall bow to thee, they shall come and worship before thy Feet: Thou shalt be my Portion, O Lord, and I will rest in thee.