Thus the poor soul doth venture on Christ, and resolvedly adheres to him. Before conversion, the man made light of Christ, minded his farm, friends, merchandise, more than Christ, now Christ is to him, as his necessary food, his daily bread, the life of his heart, the staff of his life. His great design is, "that Christ may be magnified in him." His heart once said, as then to the spouse, "what is thy beloved more than another?" He found more sweetness in his merry company, wicked games, earthly delights, than in Christ. He took religion for a fancy, and the talk of great enjoyments for an idle dream: but now to him to live is Christ. He sets light by all that he accounted precious, "for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ."
Joseph Alleine — An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners, ch. II, "Showing positively what Conversion is" (Glasgow: Printed for Chalmers and Collins, 1824), p. 127
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