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Now, why will ye be so ill to yourselves, as to debar yourselves? For he doth not do it; ye may as well, and as rationally say, that ye are not a body, as to say, he debars you. His invitation is to every one. Now, assent to this, and then, before you except yourself out thereof, you must first not have a being, neither of soul nor body. We say, for you to think that he excepts you, it is all one as to deny yourself to be the children of Adam. Now, O come, come niggard, what aileth thee! Come, what would ye have, that is not in Christ? O! that sweet invitation 'come,' we cannot tell what is in it; there is a depth in it that all the angels in heaven cannot fathom; it is no less than Jesus Christ, 'who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification,' spreading forth his arms, and inviting you, he is opening up himself, his all-sufficiency and superascendent excellency, and calling unto all poor needy things, come, here is enough for you; give in your desires, and you shall have them satisfied to the full. What then have ye to say to the bargain? come, come, it is a rich commodity, and there is no sticking at the price, only receive and have, the easiest of all terms, there is no more required at your hands. But say ye, Ha, Sir, ye go without your bounds, the invitation in your text, is to his people, ye are all wrong. We are not so far out, as ye trow; the invitation is to his people, to 'enter into their chambers,' and to all, who will come and become his people, to 'enter into their chambers,' and so this is a free market. We must invite all to come, ye who are enemies, lay down your arms against him, and come; ye who are upholding his enemies, and complying with them in their sinful courses and abominations, by paying them cess and locality, and by furnishing them meat and drink, (which is more than 'a bidding them God speed,' which the ⟨Holy⟩