A Sure Guide to Heaven
Originally titled An Alarm to the Unconverted, Alleine's classic is a searching, affectionate appeal to the unconverted to turn to Christ before it is too late. Written by a young minister imprisoned for his preaching, it defines the nature of true conversion, exposes false and half-hearted religion, and presses sinners with urgent directions to close with the Savior.
Based on An Alarm to the Unconverted (1671), by Joseph Alleine
Puritan quotes
Quotes by Joseph Alleine
“Oh Christians, if you would avoid self-deceit, see that you mind not only your actions but your motives.”
“When men trust in their own righteousness they do indeed reject Christ's. Beloved, you had need be watchful on every hand, for not only your sins—but your duties may undo you.”
“Converting grace puts God on the throne, and the world at His footstool; Christ in the heart, and the world under His feet.”
“God finds nothing in man to turn His heart, but enough to turn his stomach.”
“Without conversion your being is vain. Is it not a pity you should be good for nothing, an unprofitable burden of the earth, a mere wart in the body of the universe?”
“Conversion is a work above man's power... a resurrection from the dead, a new creation.”
“Never think you can convert yourself. If ever you would be savingly converted, you must despair of doing it in your own strength.”
“Here I will throw myself; if You slay me, I will not go from Your door.”
“O miserable man, what a deformed monster has sin made you! God made you 'little lower than the angels'; sin has made you little better than the devils.”
“The unsound convert takes Christ by halves. He is all for the salvation of Christ, but is not for sanctification.”