The Sound Believer

Classic Christian work

The Sound Believer

by Thomas Shepard

A searching examination of evangelical conversion — the Spirit's work in bringing sinners from destruction to salvation. Shepard traces the soul's journey through conviction, compunction, humiliation, and faith, then unfolds the blessings that follow: justification, reconciliation, adoption, sanctification, and glorification. Grounded in Hosea 13:9, the treatise exposes self-destruction as the root of human ruin while proclaiming Christ as the sole remedy. A classic of Puritan pastoral theology, prized for its penetrating spiritual insight.
Chapters
4
Word count
84,993
Type
Treatise
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Table of contents

  1. 01 To His Dear Friend, Mr. W. Greenhill 404 words
  2. 02 Chapter 1: The Eternal Perdition of Man Is of Himself; Salvation Is in Jesus Christ 61,690 words
  3. 03 Chapter 2: Every Believer in Christ Is Immediately Translated into a Blessed Estate 18,172 words
  4. 04 Chapter 3: Those Translated into This Blessed Estate Are Bound to Live in Obedience to the Moral Law 4,672 words
Front matter (1 section)

Title Page

The Sound Believer. Or, a Treatise of Evangelical Conversion.

Discovering the work of Christ's Spirit, in reconciling of a sinner to God.

By Thomas Shepard, sometimes of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, now Preacher of God's Word in New England.

(Matthew 18:11) I came to save that which was lost.

London, Printed for R. Dawlman. 1645.

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