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A word to all Christian families in Scotland. Being an earnest exhortation to a holy life. Recommended to be used in families. / By D. Wilson.
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Wilson, D., fl. 1668.
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more worth than the whole âorld and if Time be once lost there is no ââgaining of it O fall down upon your Knees ând bless God that you have yet the Light of ââe Gospel and that you have time left to seâure your Souls and get an Interest in Jesus Christ First Consider how dreadful it will be to you when you come to die if you do not Reâent and turn to the Lord while you are in health O how will you cry out when your Hour of Death approaches when you ãâã all the things of the Earth fail you and ãâã their leaves of you for ever All your outââââ Enjoyments Parts Parentage Birth âââding Wealth Crowns Kingdoms ãâã Diamonds Houses Lands Wife Childâââ and Friends when once your Breath is gonââ these are gone Prov 27.24 Hear now ãâã you that are given to pleasure that feast ââââselves in doing evil you that put far from ãâã the Day of the Lord you that say It is ãâã enough to Repent when we come to die Fools How do you know whether God give you Repentance then or no Sirs I beseech you Repent while it is ãâã led to Day for you know not whether ãâã shall live till to morrow O consider with a trembling Heart ãâã much depends upon this Repenting and âââing to God namely the gaining or loâing ãâã dear and precious Soul gaining or losinâ ãâã God's Favour the Fruition of God the ãâã of Heaven or the Torments or Sorrows of ãâã depend upon it Poor Souls I pity you ãâã my very Heart to see how ignorant you arâ ãâã so great Concernments you Eat and Dââââ Sleep Lye Sell and get Gain in the Woâââ but little do you mind to accumulate Heaveâââ Treasure to get your sinking Souls safe a-shââââ You consider not the evil day Woe be unto ãâã that is alone in Life and alone in Death ãâã has no Christ to befriend him or stand by hiâ ãâã day that cometh to lie down in his Grave âââhout Peace or Pardon without hearty Conââââion without Repenting of his Sins And ââll rise again and stand at the Bar of God's ââice without an Advocat to plead for him ãâã And Lastly Try your Repentance by ãâã word of God see whether it be true Reâââtance or no for the Devil hath many âââeats search your own Hearts to see wheâââr those Sins you formerly loved be now ââed and shunned by you Make ready for the other World think upââ the other World think upon Death and âââgment Death that King of Terrors will ãâã long terminate your Days and then all ãâã Opportunities will be gone for ever Let ãâã ask you as in the presence of the Great ââge of Quick and Dead at whose Tribunal ãâã must all shortly stand and giving an Acââânt of your Deeds be either received up inââ Heaven or plunged into Hell I have some âââries to ask you First Are not they in a very happy Conditiâââhat Repenting turns to the Lord with ãâã whole Hearts living a Life of Grace and ãâã preparing for Death for fear of losing âââr own Souls being in a hazard of losing ââven Rom. 8.7 Ps 37.37 ââcondly Do you believe that Death will ãâã and that Sin that cursed thing will ãâã and that the Gase of all impenitent Sinââââ at the Hour of Death will be sad and terrible and desperate Let me say to all ãâã there is not a Night you ly down in your but you run a very great hazard if Death ãâã call and you not ready you must go thââ you are ruin'd to all eternity though yââ damned for ever Mat. 25.10 11 12 Thirdly Can you cheerfully entertainââ thoughts of Death and Judgement all hard hearted Sinners that have not Repeââ Suppose the dreadfull Judge should at thââstant send Death with the Names of Five Six of you in a Writ or Fore-head and ãâã should say You and you this Man and Woman must go along with me I haâceived a Command from the great and teââ God who hath the Power of Death Hell to bring you this Day or Night ãâã the Judgment Seat I have often warneââ by sending my Deputies this Ten or Tâââ Years Every Grave and Coffin you seen was so many Imitations of my coâââ Now saith Death I am come see my this Dart must kill thy Body and send thââ into Eternity I command you this momââ bid adieu to this World Luk. 12.19 20. can you think of your dying and the Wââ burning the Trumpets sounding the Corps raising and standing at the ãâã God's Justice and not fear and trembleââ that have not Repented you Soââ Daughters of Pleasure did you considerââ horror and astonishment doggs you at the âich will inevitably come upon you as Traââl on a Woman with Child you would no ãâã unto God depart Fourthly And lastly Oh what a killing ãâã amazing sight will Christ's coming in the ââuds be to all that either deny his coming or ââd not prepare for it by speed Repentance ââs Incarnation was terrible Mat. 2 3. His ââucifixion was more terrible Luk 13.44 45 ãâã 47 48. But his judging the World at the ââeat Day will be most terrible then shall the sibes of the Earth mourn Mat 24.30 And ãâã shall cry to the Rocks to fall on them ãâã 6.15.16 When they shall see so many ââousands and Millions of Men and Women ââgged down to that burning Lake of Fire and ââmstone there to be tormented for ever How ââl they then cry Oh that we had Repented âây will howl for vexation of Spirit and in the ââerness of their Souls wish that they had neââ heard of a Christ that they had been born ââong Heathens or never had a Being or enââed a Life of Pleasure upon Earth How ãâã the wretched Sinner beat his Breast pluck âhis Hair tear his Bowels crying when he is ãâã Hopes Oh that I had now no Soul or that ãâã immortal Soul were mortal that I might not ââormented in these dreadful flames for ever ââll Sinner you see what your Doom will be âou do not Repent but if you Repent unâânedly and be the Servants of the Lord ãâã Saints and Mourners in Sion lift up your Heads and Hearts for you belong to aââ Place and a better Country viz Mounââ and to the City of the Living God the ââvenly Jerusalem and to the innumerable pany of Angels the General Assemblâ Church of the First-born which are ãâã in Heaven and to God the Judge of ãâã to the Spirits of just Men made perfecâ to Jesus the Mediator of the New Coââ and to the Blood of Sprinkling that spââ better things than that of Abel Heb. ãâã 23 24. And know that you are almosâ within the hearing of those heavenly ãâã Eternal Triumphs and Halleujahs of Saââ glorious Angels in your Fathers House there shall be Fulness of Joy and Pââ for evermore Ps 16.11 As the Sinnâ be afflicted with Everlasting Forments Saints shall be crowned with perpettââ dems of Joy Consider what I have spoken and ãâã give you understanding in all things ãâã you Nay but except ye Repent ye shall wise perish FINIS
A Word to all Christian Families In SCOTLAND Being an Earnest Exhortation to an Holy Life Recommended to be left in Families By D. Wilson Edinburgh Printed by James Watson in Craig's Closs on the North-side of the Cross 1700. A Word to all Christian Famiââââ In SCOTLAND Being an Earnest Exhortation to a Holy ãâã OR THE Only Deliverer from Eternal Death and Destruâââââ Wherein is plainly laid down the great ãâã of speedy Repentance with the wretched ãâã of a Sinner and the blessed state of a Saiââ Shewing how the one after Death wilâ ãâã cast forever into the dreadful Flames of Hell-ââââ and the other will be received up into Heaâââ to celebrate Eternal Hallelujahs to the Lord ãâã Lords who sitting at the Right hand of his Fâther will shortly come to Judge the World Likewise some Pithy Arguments to perswaââ Men to close with Christ Being very useful for every poor Sinner tâ practise and make use of in these sinful wicked and backsliding Times Isa 55.1 Ho every one that thirsteth drink of the VVaters of Life and he that hath no Money come buy and eat freely Matt. 25.34 Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the VVorld By D. Wilson Edinburgh Printed by James Watson in Craig's Closs on the North-side of the Cross 1700. A Word to all Christian Families BEING AN Earnest Exhortation to a Holy Life c. LUKE XIII 5. ãâã tell you nay but except ye Repent ye shall all likewise perish IN the first Verse of this Chapter you have the sad piece of this News that was told Jesus concerning the Galileans whose Blood Pilate had mingled with their Sacrifices ââr 2. you have our blessed Saviour's Answer to ââis News Saith he unto them Suppose ye that ââese Galileans were Sinners above all the Galileans âââause they suffer such things I tell you nay but ââââpt ye Repent ye shall all likewise perish And yet ââââher ver 4. Or those eighteen upon whom the ãâã Siloe fell and slew them think you that they ãâã sinners above all men that dwebt in Jerusalem ãâã you nay but except ye Repent ye shall all ââââwise perish This former part of the Chapâââ contains the Sermon of Repentance that ãâã preached by our blessed Saviour âepentance is a pure Gospel Grace it comes ãâ¦ã Jesus Christ He hath purchased by his âââod that repenting Sinners shall be saved The Doctrine I shall raise from these Wordâ That it is a great Duty incumbent upââ Christians to Repent and turn to tââ Lord Or it doth highly concern a Pââple whom the Lord visiteth with âââ Judgement to strive to turn to him ãâã Repentance and Faith in Jesus Chriââ Repentance Conversion is the only way ãâã Salvation I need not stay to open the Text ãâã you and to prove it by Scripture For if thââ beest a Man or Woman that do'st believe ãâ¦ã Word of God then thou believest that wiââout Repentance none can be saved as the ãâã has it But I say unto you Except ye Repent ye ãâã all likewise perish Well then what sayest thââ Sinner Dost thou believe or no Thou ãâã either confess that this is true or say plaiâââ that you will not believe the Word of God ãâã once you are come to that pass there is but ãâã hopes of you Look to your selves as well as ãâã can for 't is like you will not be long out of ãâã You would be ready to fly in the face of him ãâã give you the lye And dare you give the lye ãâã God If you will not believe the words of ãâã blessed Saviour whose will you And doth noâ ãâã say That except ye Repent ye shall perish He dââ not say you may perish but you shall nay thâââ is no doubt of it Let God be True every Mââ a Lyar Christ hath spoken it Luke 10.12 I ãâã unto you It shall be more tolerable for Sodom at ãâã day of Judgement than it shall be for that Peoplâ ãâã Nation that believe not these Words of our Saviâââ Use 1. Is this a Truth That Repentance is the ânly way to prevent the Judgments of God that âang over our heads because of our Sin Then âârst of all I would entreat you observe the curâed nature of this cursed thing called Sin you âee Sin must be repented of or we shall all perish ââr we shall be damned Sin will utterly destroy âoth our Bodies and Souls I think it is one of âhe hardest things that is to understand the âeadly Poyson that is in Sin Sin is that which ââe Lord hates The Soul that Sins shall surely die âhis was the old Law But the Gospel of Christ ââith Repent and forsake your Sins Or Repent and ââlieve and you shall be saved Use 2 Is Repentance the way and means to ââevent a People or Nation from perishing âhen from hence you may learn the Excellency ãâã the Usefulness of that Grace of Repentance âh What an Omnipotent Grace is this It is a ârace that can do any thing with God This ârace of Repentance can redeem our mortgag'd ââessings it can make us a happy People Jerâââ 18 19 20 I have surely heard Ephraim beââaning himself thus Thou hast chastised me and ãâã âas chastised as a Bullock unaccustomed to the ââke Turn thou me and I shall be turned for âââu art my Lord my God Surely after I was turââd I repented and after I was instructed I smote ââon my Thigh I was ashamed yea even confoundââ because I did bear the reproach of my Yonth ãâã Ephraim my dear Son Is he a pleasant Child ãâã since I speak against him I do earnestly remember him still therefore my Bowels are turned for hââ I will surely have Mercy upon him saith ãâã Lord. From hence you may observe That ââpenting Sinners are exceeding precious in ãâã sight of the Lord his Heart is turned towaâââ them Oh! what an excellent Priviledge haââ ãâã penitent Heart with God! My Beloved hââ can you live without such a Grace Your ãâã want it your Families want it and the ââââtion stands in need of it The greatest wâââ this day in Scotland is a broken Heart Use 3. Is Repentance the only way to prevââââ Judgements Then from hence gather Tâââ when God either hath his Plagues upon a Pââple or continues threatning his Judgmentâââward them it is a sign that those People ãâã very guilty of Impenitency If God threaââââ thee O Scotland to give thee up to hardneâ ãâã Heart and blindness of Mind Doth Goâ ãâã it at this Day They say O Scotland ãâ¦ã an impenitent People at this day O Scotââââ this is my Charge against thee You have ãâã stiff-necked People O Edinburgh ãâã long shall the Lord wait upon thee before ãâã will repent What can you expect but that ãâã will yet visit Scotland with his Judgment ãâã be humbled and heartily repent us of our ãâã 'T is for Sin that the Nation mourns ãâã Swearing