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The sound believer. A treatise of evangelical conversion. Discovering the work of Christ's spirit,…
The sound believer. A treatise of evangelical conversion. Discovering the work of Christ's spirit, in reconciling of a sinner to God. / By Thomas Shepard, sometime of Emanuel-College in Cambridge, since preacher of God's word in New-England. ; [One line from Matthew]
Boston: printed by Green for D. Henchman, 1742
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THE Sound Believer. › Chapter 1 › Section 5 › Explication 3: III. The Form of Faith.
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1. The Scripture expressly calls for this, Prov. 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine Heart. Acts 8.37. If thou believest with all thy Heart thou shalt be saved. Joel 2.13. Turn unto the Lord with all your Hearts. Jer. 29.13. You shall find the Lord, when you seek him with your whole Hearts. As when we have a great Gift to bestow, and we ask a poor Man to whom •e intend to give it, whether he will accept of it or ⟨p. 138⟩no? Yes, saith he, with all my Heart; so 'tis here, the Lord asks those he intends to bestow his Son upon, and saith to them, You have lived thus long without him, and thus long abused him, will you now have him, and accept of him? Yes, Lord, with all my Heart; this is all the Lord requires. Doth the Lord require no more of me, but to come? Lord, this Voice is most sweet, I come with all my Heart, I come.
1. The Scripture expresly calls for this, Prov. 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine Heart. Acts 8.37. If thou believest with all thy Heart thou shalt be saved. Joel 2.13. Turn unto the Lord with all your Hearts. Jer. 29.13. You shall find the Lord, when you seek him with your whole Hearts. As when we have a great Gift to bestow, and we ask a poor Man to whom •e intend to give it, whether he will accept of it or ⟨p. 138⟩no? Yes, saith he, with all my Heart; so 'tis here, the Lord asks those he intends to bestow his Son upon, and saith to them, You have lived thus long without him, and thus long abused him, will you now have him, and accept of him? Yes, Lord, with all my Heart; this is all the Lord requires. Doth the Lord require no more of me, but to come? Lord, this Voice is most sweet, I come with all my Heart, I come.