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An alarm to unconverted sinners

Published: 1741
Length: 94,720 words
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Divisions: 23

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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 and sold by B. Franklin, at the new printing-office, near the market. M,DCC,XLI. [1741]

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DedicationTo all the Ignorant, Carnal, and Ungodly, who are Lovers of Pleaſure more than God, and ſeek this World…
To the readerUnconverted READER.
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Chapter 1CHAP. I. Shewing the Negative, what Converſion is not, and correcting ſome Miſtakes about it.
Chapter 2Chap. II. Shewing poſitively what Converſion is.

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Chapter 6Chap. VI. Containing Directions for Converſion.
AdviceThe AUTHOR's Advice.
SoliloquyA ſhort Soliloquy for an Unregenerate Sinner.
Chapter 8Chap. VIII. Containing the Motives to Converſion.
ConclusionThe Concluſion of the Whole.
AdviceMr. Allein's Counſel for Perſonal and Family Godlineſs.
Chapter 1CHAP. I. The ſingular Duties of Chriſtians.
Case1. Caſe of Conſcience. On Matth. v. 47. What do you more than others?
CaseA Neceſſary Caſe on 1 Theſſ 4.1.
Chapter 2CHAP. II. A third Caſe of Conſcience, grounded upon the Words of our SAVIOUR.
Chapter 3CHAP. III. A Fourth Caſe of Conſcience.
QuestionsAwakening Queſtions propounded to the Unconverted; and Counſels to the Converted.
AdviceCounſels and Cordials for the Converted. The Counſels are theſe.
AdviceThe Cordials follow, which are Sacramental-Cordials.
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PoemReading Mr. JOSEPH ALLEIN his Book, Intitled An Alarm to the Unconverted.

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