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A call to delaying sinners. Or The danger of delaying in matters concerning our…
A call to delaying sinners. Or The danger of delaying in matters concerning our souls. Being the substance of several sermons from Psal. 119. v. 60. / By Thomas Doolittle, Minister of the Gospel ...
printed by Bartholemew Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To the Reader.
wise man to lay hold of her sore and not let […] he here. sorely repent it. But who is the man? says Sol••••. […]. 8. […] how rarely is the Wise man to •e found. For the Wise man, saith •he, […] Time and Judgment. That is to say he is able to discern When things are to be done, and therefore its rare […] such a Wise man; in the […] to Heaven it is hard to save our […]. Not one of a thousand but le•s […]. The improving of this therefore […] a mans greatest Wisdom, Deut. 3•. 20. O that they were Wise, that they under stood this, that they would consider their latter End. The Wise mans heart is said to be in his right hand. That is, […] Wisdom of his Heart teacheth […] Manage his Affairs judiciously, and […] season. That man, who though […] be never so wise and Prudent in […] Worldly things, yet if […] Wisdom to know the Season […] termed […] will so appear […] to all Eternity ⟨image ?⟩[…] will it not (think you) cause […] greatest Torment and Vexation ••ginable to that man, who when he […] to Die, shall be compelled to say, O never was I wise, who was wise for every thing, but to save my Soul? Laying hold of the present Opportunity in that which facilitates every action and employment, making a […] a come off smoothly and with […]. The gracious God, if we embrace an Opportunity, offereth to help us, and work with us. O the goodness of a merciful God, that though he […] us so light and •asie a task, yet offers to work with us too! That Burden is more light and easy, when two persons assist in the carrying of it, […] it would be upon the back of […]. When the Boat has the advantage both of Wind and Tide, to carry […] forward, it goes easily and pleasantly on. This is the case of that Christian, who seasonably embraces the Offers of Grace and Mercy: He has the Assistance of the Holy Spirit, for the […] his […]. To […]