The Door of Salvation Opened.
of: Think on hell, and think on ſin, and carnal pleaſures and delights, conſider how they will reliſh with thee, when thus aſſaulted with everlaſting fire: are theſe the price for which thou ſelleſt thy ſoul to hell? Oh! bid theſe luſts and pleaſures be gone, bid your companions in ſin 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 hold on him, before that it be too late.
The U S E.
Oh poor ſoul! haſt thou kept Chriſt out a longtime: and art thou not yet reſolved to open thy heart to him! What ſhall I ſay to thee; Let me ſay this, Chriſt waits for thee: Chriſt is willing ſtill to receive thee, then why wilt thou undo thyſelf by neglecting this great ſalvation ? Let the conſideration of the meſſage Chriſt brings you, of the errand he comes on, it is not a 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 ſoul's ſake receive him! Oh ye fools when will ye be wiſe? Come unto Chriſt, and he will have mercy on you, and heal all your backſlidings, and love you freely.
But ſome poor ſouls 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 ſo long against him. For anſwer to this, give me leave to give you ſome directions.
