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A80563 Advice to sinners under convictions, to prevent their miscarrying in conversion. By Samuel Corbyn ... Corbyn, Samuel. 1669 (1669) Wing C6278A; ESTC R174264 5,529 15

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ADVICE TO SINNERS UNDER CONVICTIONS To prevent their Miscarrying in CONVERSION By Samuel Corbyn M. A. Isa 66.9 Shall I bring to the Birth and not cause to bring forth saith the Lord LONDON Printed for Robert Gibbs at the Golden Ball in Chancery-Lane 1669. Advice to Sinners under Convictions to prevent their miscarrying in Conversion Poor undone Sinners I Send these truths from the Eternall God to you in love and faithfulness unfeignedly desiring that you may be convinced of your unbelief and of all your sins and of your present accursed and condemned state and may be taught of God to rely upon Christ who died for the ungodly without which you will be certainly ere long undone for ever although you now enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season or the world in its glory Since divers of you were awakened I hope that God may have thoughts of everlasting love to some of your souls therefore as I have warned you to flee for refuge from the wrath of God which is coming upon you and without delay presently to come out of this dreadfull condition to Christ who will embrace you so I write to you and to all others to whom these truths may be communicated to prevent their miscarrying in conversion 1. Seek to know and be convinced by the Spirit through the Scriptures that you are born dead in sins and children of wrath without Christ and without hope Eph. 2.3 12. and that you are every day and every moment under Gods curse and wrath in danger of eternall condemnation Gal. 3.10 The wicked shall be turned into Hell Psal 9.17 and the soul that sinneth it shall die Ezek. 18.4 and unbelievers shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on them though they are insensible of it The Lord saith Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdome of God and he that believeth not is condemned already Joh. 3.3 18 36. Consider seriously then each of you I beseech you what will become of me who am not born again nor ever had a work of grace O that your eyes were open to behold all the sins of your hearts and lives in order before you which cry aloud day and night for vengeance against your guilty souls 't were enough to make you tremble who are now most senseless Get alone quickly and reflect upon your wayes as in the fight of God Ask your selves have I not sometimes lied or stole or swore an oath have I not prophaned the Lords Day was I never proud nor wanton nor malicious have I never taken the Lords Name in vain have I not been disobedient to my parents have I not a carnall unclean hard and unbelieving heart did I never break Gods Laws Yea surely I must cry out guilty guilty my conscience condemns me what will become of me if I die in this dreadfull condition He that spared not the Angels when they sinned but cast them down to Hell he that spared not the old world nor the Cities of Sodom but condemned them with an overthrow making them an example unto those which after should live ungodly will not spare me long Does not Hell gape for me Is there any hopes that such a sinner as I have been may yet be washed in the blood of Christ God may righteously damn me for these sins or for the least sin Rom. 3.23 It is the Lords mercy that I am not consumed and now in Hell howling among the damned crying out for a drop of water to cool my tongue Lam. 3.22 Luke 16.24 2. Seek the Lord in secret for his Spirit while he may be found Isa 55.6 Cry out each of you for the blood of Christ as condemned malefactors do for mercy as they did Acts 2.37 Or as the keeper of the prison said trembling What must I do to be saved Acts 16.30 Rest not one day nor hour longer quietly or securely till you have some good hopes that Jesus Christ will plead your cause at the day of judgement for without the imputation of his righteousness there is no remission Follow Christ crying after him as the blind men did Lord that our eyes may be opend Mat. 20.30 c. 3. If the Lord by his Word and Spirit makes you sensible of your fearfull undone condition beware of resting short of a thorow-work of grace lest you fall short of union with Christ through the teachings and drawings of the Father lest you rrest in a false peace Luke 11.21 compasting your selves about with sparks of your own kindling through slight wounding or slight healing Isa 50.11 Take heed of building foolishly upon the sand Mat. 7.26 27. And lest thou prove at best but a foolish Viring walking with the wise Mat. 25. fear lest you should make a Christ of duties of praying weeping purposing or reforming for the sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord Prov. 15.8 There is away which seemeth right to a man but the end thereof is the wayes of death Prov 12.14 And there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes and yet is not washed from their filthiness Prov. 30.12 A man may go very far under the awakenings of conscience and have a zeal of God and yet being ignorant of Gods righteousness go about all his life time to establish his own righteousness and get nothing at last but the hypocrites hope which shall perish whose trust shall be a spiders web and he shall lye down in sorrow for Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every one that believeth Joh 8.13 14. Rom. 10.2 3 4. By the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God Rom. 3.20 If ever thou find mercy thou must be justified freely by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus by faith without the deeds of the Law Verse 24 28. 'T is true faith comes by hearing and 't is our duty to attend to Gods appointments where the Spirit works but if righteousness come by any work of the Law then Christ is dead in vain Gal. 2.21 To him that worketh not in the point of justification but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness blessed is that man to whom God imputeth righteousness without works Rom. 4.5 6. 4. Look to the Lord to convince you of sin because you believe not in Jesus Christ which is promised Joh. 16.7 8 9. In your attendance on the means of grace be willing to be convinced by the Comforter that your hearts are so desperately wicked that you will not come to Christ and to feel your impotency that you cannot believe in him unless the Lord put forth the exceeding greatness of his power Eph. 1.19 5. Know assuredly and welcome these glad tidings that Christ is come of a truth into the world on purpose to save sinners and the chiefest of them 1 Tim. 1.15 God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten