Ghost, by the mouth of John, forbids, second ⟨epistle⟩ of John, 10 verse) Quit the putting the ⟨sword⟩ in God's enemies' hands, and come: ye who ⟨have⟩ given bonds to the adversary, break your ⟨'covenant⟩ with hell and death,' and come; break ⟨your⟩ sworn allegiance to the devil, and come, and ⟨swear⟩ a new allegiance to Jesus Christ, and ye shall ⟨never⟩ rue it: ye who compear before their courts, ⟨and⟩ pay them fines, whereby, both ye acknowledge ⟨them⟩ robbers of God, and call your duty your sin; ⟨quit⟩ these courses and come ye, who go to the ⟨curates⟩, leave these perjured blind guides and come: ye ⟨who⟩ go to the indulged, leave these traitors to God. ⟨Ye⟩, who go to the backslidden silent ministers, leave ⟨these⟩ betrayers of the cause, and deserters of the ⟨cross⟩ of Christ, and come leave all these and follow ⟨him⟩, he is a true guide, and will be so unto you, ⟨ye⟩ who any ways seek or take the enemies' protection, ⟨leave⟩ that and come; come to him, and ye shall find ⟨chambers⟩ indeed, both for safety and delight. All ⟨ye⟩ that are strangers to him, come, ye that are in ⟨nature⟩, come, and ye that know him come. We must ⟨preach⟩ that word come, unto you, so long as ye are ⟨here,⟩ until ye be transplanted out of this spiritual ⟨warfare⟩, into celestial triumph. O Sirs, come, come, ⟨ask⟩ what ye will, and he will give it; O come, come.
Now, it were requisite here to shew you, who it ⟨is⟩ that comes ⟨unto⟩ Christ, who it is that comes not; ⟨but⟩ it will come as fitly in the second thing which we ⟨have⟩ noticed in the words, and so we proceed unto it.
The second thing, ye know, was this, the ⟨persons⟩ invited, or the determination of the invitation 'my people.' These are they whom he invites to ⟨their⟩ chambers; his people, they who subscribe to ⟨the⟩ terms of his covenant, which is, 'I will be your God, and ye shall be my people;' they who ⟨make⟩ a covenant with him by sacrifice, they who ⟨covenant⟩ with him only to be accepted through the
