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thou ſelleſt thy ſoul to hell? Oh! bid theſe luſts and pleaſures be gone, bid your companions, and ſins be gone; and tho' you loved them well, and have ſpent your time ſinfully with them, yet tell them you muſt not burn for them, that you will not damn your ſoul to pleaſe your fleſh.
Having thus briefly as may be laid down the uſe of terror which, I hope, will awaken ſome poor ſouls out of the depth of carnal ſecurity: now, I ſhall proceed to the laſt uſe of encouragement: to encourage poor ſecure ſinners to venture, to lay faſt bold on him before that it be too late.
Oh, poor ſoul! haſt thou kept Chriſt out of a long time, and art thou not yet relolved to open thy heart to him? What ſhall I ſay to thee? Let me ſay this? Chriſt wait ſtill for thee: the why, wilt thou undo thyſelf, by neglecting ſo great ſalvation? Let the conſideration of the meſſage Chriſt brings you, of the errand he comes on excit you, (it is no diſmal one he brings it is no dreadful errand). If Chriſt had come to deſtroy thy ſoul, could he have had leſs welcome than you gave him? Oh, for your ſouls take, receive him! Oh, ye fools! when will ye he wiſe? Come unto Chriſt, and he will have mercy on you, and heal all your backſlidings, and love you freely
But ſome poor ſoul will be ready to ſay, I have a deſire to come to Chriſt, but I am afraid Chriſt will never receive such a wretched ſinner as I, who have ſtood it out to long against him. For anſwer to this, give me leave to give you ſome directions
1. Ah, poor ſoul, art thou willing to come to Chriſt! Then will Chriſt in no wiſe caſt thee out, if thou comeſt to him poor, miſerable blind and naked; O ſinner, come not to him in this
