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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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Art. V. That He will befriend you in all Conditions. He will be a fast Friend to you in every Change, and turn all Things to your good, and when you are ready to say unbelievingly, with Jacob, All these Things are against me, Rom. 8 28. Gen 42.36. If he bring you into the Wilderness; There he will speak comfortably unto you, Hos. 2.14. In the Fire, and in the Water, He will be with you, Isa. 43.2. He will be a Strength to the Poor, a Strength to the Needy in his Distress, a Refuge from the Storm, and a Shadow from the Heat, when the Blast of the terrible Ones is as a Storm against the Wall, Isa. 25.4.
Beloved, here the Lord is come to seal all these Promises to you. Oh go home, and bless yourselves in the sweet Security of your Estate. God hath promised you, that whatever Condition you be in, you shall have Succour and Support from him, and enjoy his Presence with you; and see his Finger in all your Troubles, sweetly turning all to the best: Go away, and live like Believers, be not afraid of Sufferings, but show that you believe what God hath promised, that Affliction shall not hurt you. The next time any Trouble comes upon you, remember what a Promise GOD hath passed unto you this Day, and wait on him believingly for the happy Issue and Event of every Trial that shall befall you.
Beloved, here the Lord is come to seal all these Promises to you. Oh go home, and bless yourselves in the sweet Security of your Estate. God hath promised you, that whatever Condition you be in, you shall have Succour and Support from him, and enjoy his Presence with you; and see his Finger in all your Troubles, sweetly turning all to the best: Go away, and live like Believers, be not afraid of Sufferings, but shew that you believe what God hath promised, that Affliction shall not hurt you. The next time any Trouble comes upon you, remember what a Promise GOD hath passed unto you this Day, and wait on him believingly for the happy Issue and Event of every Trial that shall befal you.