The humbled sinner resolved what hee should do to bee saved : or, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only way of salvation for sensible sinners .. . why? frefuwftion is as]ccond and carelefs^ as if there Were no heaven to be gbtjno fincobe bewailed, nor courfe to be reformed* 5 Laftly, theje are eafe^ and vce are apt to content oHr feheiVPith thefe^ inftead of^ true beleeving in Jefm Chrifi. To geta little fceming knowledge, to carry Religion upon the lip,and Chrift on the tongue, to be bold upon Gods mercy, andChrifts death, and with all thofe, to have a heart glued to theworidjfolded up in
The humbled sinner resolved what hee should do to bee saved : or, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only way of salvation for sensible sinners .. . why? frefuwftion is as]ccond and carelefs^ as if there Were no heaven to be gbtjno fincobe bewailed, nor courfe to be reformed* 5 Laftly, theje are eafe^ and vce are apt to content oHr feheiVPith thefe^ inftead of^ true beleeving in Jefm Chrifi. To geta little fceming knowledge, to carry Religion upon the lip,and Chrift on the tongue, to be bold upon Gods mercy, andChrifts death, and with all thofe, to have a heart glued to theworidjfolded up in thelove of fin,refolved againft al hazards^tofhiftoflFallprofellion rather than to endure any ftorm?what is this fo great a task ? But to have a minde taught ofGod, and to have an under (landing bowed with the ftrengthof Divine light, and inward change to ihe obedience oftruth, and to have a will fweetly renewed, and with an holytrembling, receiving Chrift in his perfon, and offi-ces, and bcftowing the whole foul and body on him again $here the work flicks. ^ ? ?IMI 1 CHAP. ?-m. C h. 12 • The fur € And dangerous mifery g j CHAP. XIL The fure and dangerous ml fern/ of unbelief [ ^ He laft thing which may ftir us to try our felvesis the confideration of that amazing danger,and unCpeakable mifery, to which the (oul isaffuredly obnoxious in cafe of ^j. Why, will you fay. What danger if webelieve not?I anfwcr, there are three fpecial , W/ thj pnnes P^and Hfon record agamfl thee^Ulsic (o manyfad debts, which thou haft run thy feU into, from thy concep-tion to this very day. They are all written with the pe>9 of aDUntondith^c IS no blottir^g out of a mans finsjbut by the bloodofChrifiy and the unbeliever hath not his portion in thanblood, and therefore there are all thy fyines uncancelled,thyfinnes of nature, and dWihyfmHes oflife,i\XQh a fin, and fgcha fin, then and there, andagain^ committed, &cc, O howgreat is the volume of them, the number of
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