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Show 1668. >,./"V"J Chap. I. NoCROSS1 NoCROWN. Vol.. 1. But the Almighty firft or taft is fure to overtake them There is "J flying H F 1 7 jllu for thofe that reJe8: rhe Terms of Hr.r .Merty mpcnt_ u 'j{ b i 'bts Law nuy then call to the Mountain,, and run to the c~~~~ of~~~ E~nh for P~oteEllon, but in vam. Hu Jl/J-.SctlrCbmg l!)'e wtH enetr:ne their thtckeit Coverings1 and ftnke up a Ltgbr m that ?bfcurny, ~hich fhall rerrifie rheu GJJtlty So11/s _; and whtch they {hall ncHr be able to exringutlb Indeed rhe~r A.ccifc; ~~ wtth the_m, they c.1n no mor~ 1~eflnd of him than of rhemfel\'eS; he ts m the mtd1t of them, an~ _w1 Jck clofe t~ them. That Spuit whtc~ bears Wunef~ wtrh the Sptms tf the • Juft will bear Wunefs agamft rhclfS. N:~y, their oun Huru wtl a bun- . dan~l come in agamft rhem; and, If cur Heart Condemn rn, ~ys the l john 3• 20· A c.nle John, God II greaur, and knows .u Thmtt ·. Th~t lS, the~e IS no er. J' In the Jud ments of God, whofe Powe,r IS lnfimte, tf a Man ts oot able to perZape the ~ondemnanon of htmfelf. Tts at th:Jt Day, proud and lux· urious Chnfii:lns fhalllearn, that G1d uno Rt.fpefler of Ptrfont; that all Seds and Names (hall be fwallowed up in thefe Two Ktnd~, Sheep and Ga~lt, jkj/ and Un;6JI . And the very R\Shteous mufl have a Tml for"· WhiCh 1 P:t. 4, 18. made that Holy Man cry out, lj the R,threous fcoruly ""Javed, aWut fh•lltbe Wtcked and Ungodly appear I If the11 ThoughtS, Words and Works tnuft ftand the Tefl, and come under Scrutiny before the Impartial Judge of Heaven and Earth, how then fhould the Ungodly be exempted ~ No, we are told by Htm that cannot lye, many fhall then even cry, Lord, Lurd t fet forth theu Profeffion, and recount the Works t~at they have DoM "' H11 ]fame, to make Him Propnious, and yet be reJrEt:ed wnh th1s Dueful ltlat. 7· 23. Sentence DeptJrt from me ye Worker.r of lnlt)lllty, 1 k:How you nor. A11f He had faid, Get you gone, you EvJI Doers; though you have proftft mt, I null not know you Tour Vazn 11nd Evtl L1vtt 1JoVt made you 11n.fir for my Holy Kmgdom . Get you hence, and go to tiJt Gods whom you hfJVt fcrvtd t your beloved Lufl1, wbJCh you h11Vt WorflHp'd, and t he Evtl World that)"" have fo 111uch coveted and ador'd · Let them Save you now, if they can, jro,. t he Wrath to come upon you, wbtch ts the W"gcs Of the Deed.r you bnve done. Here IS rhe End of thetr Work that bu1ld upon the Sand, the Hreath of the Jurlge wtll blow It down, and woful will the Fall thereof be. Oh, 'tis now, rhat the Righteous have the Better of the Wtcked ! Wh1ch made an Apo(- l;umb.2],to. tate cry m old Ttme Let me D1e the Death fi/ the Rtgbtcous, and Itt 111J Ltrjl End be h~e unto bu.' For the Sentence is chang'd, an~ the Judge fm1les:. Hecafl:s the Eye of Love upon Hts own Shee~. and t_nvacs ~hem wub a :Mat. 2S· 34• Come ye BlejJedt my Father, ~hattbro11gb Pfltlt?tt Omtmuance tTl ~elJ-:IoJR_!, have long waite for Immorta!tty: You have been the True Compt~mont ~f •J Tribulations ondCrofr, and witb Unwtaried F~ithfulllrfs, i11 Obedunce u 1111 Holy Will, Valiantly endur'd to tbe End, loo!ang to me, tbt Au~hor of Jbll' Prefiom Faith> for the Recompe1tce of Rew_ard, that I have promifed to t.l'~• tbnt Ln.:e me, nnd faint not: 0 enter ye rnto the JoY. of )'our Lord, and 111· berit the Kingdom prepared for you from tlJe FoJn1dat1on Of t /le World. §. X. 0 Cbrij/endom ! My Soul mofl fen·cntly prays •. thar afrer a\1 thy Lofty Profeflion of Chrift, and H1s Meek and Holy Rehgwn, thy Unfultable and Un·Chrifi-ljke Life may not caft thee at that Great Affize of the World, antllofe thee fo great Salvation at laft. H~ar me once, I befeech thee. Can Chrift be thy Lord, and thou not ob~y Htm? Or, canfi thou be ~1. 6. 1• His Servant, and never ferve Him ? Be. not dece_•veJ, f~tcb . tU tho~. &weft, jh1dtrbou Rtap: He is none of thy SavloNr, whtlft thou reJeEleft Hts Grace in rhy Heart by which He fbould f~tve thee. Come, \Vhat has He {aved thee from ? 'Has he Javed thee from thy Sinful Luf\;? Thy Worldly Af· feflions, and Vain Converfations? If not, then He ~s none of thy S"_woJtr. For though He be offered a Saviour to all, yet He JS aEl:ually a Sav1aur.ro thofe only, that are Javed by Him ; and none are J~tve4 by Him, that ln:e in thofc Evils> by which they are loft from God, and whtch tie came to fa\e th;Ti:rsi~~hat Chriit is come to fnve Man from, and Death and Wrath, :~s the Wages of it: But thofe that are not jt1veJ, that is, delivered, ~0~~ VoL • .J. No C R 0 S S, No C R 0 W N. Power of Chrifi in their Souls, from the Power th:it Sin has had over them. can never be Javed from the Death and Wrath, that are the afi"Ured Wages oftbeSin rhey live in. • '"-79 r66S. '-/"'V"V So that look how far People obtain ViCtory over thofe Evil Difpoficions Chap. L and Fle01ly Lufis rhey have been additled to, fo far they are uuly Javed, and are Witneffes of the Redemptwn that comes by JefusChrifi. His Name (hews His Work: .And tbou flJalt caU Hit Name JESUS, for Hefha/1 Save Mat. 1• 21, His Pfople from tbeir Sins. And Lo (laid Jobn of Chrift) r/ie lamb of God John,, , 9, tbat takes away the Sin of tbe fVor!d !J That js, Be bold lf.im, whom God bath given to Enlighten People> and fOr Sa!varion to tU tlltlRJ at t"eceive Him, and His Light a11d Grace in their HeartJ, and take up t heir Daily Crof$, ~tnd fol· low Him: Such as rather deny themfelves the Pleafure of fulfilling their Lufts, that Sin againfl the Knowledge He has given them of His Will ; or do that they know they ought not to do. C H A P. ·u. §. I. By all which has been faid 0 Cbrijlendom, and by that better Help, if thou WQuldft ufe it, the Lamp the Lord has lighted in rhee, not utterly extinct, it may evidently appear, firft. How great and foul thy Backiliding has b~en, Who> from the Temple of tbe L ord, an become a Cnge of Unclean B!rds; and of an lfo11f~ of Pra_1er, a Den of Tbieves, a Syna$ogue of Saran, and rbc Receptacle. of every Defiled Spirit. Next rbar, under all this manifeft DefeEtion, thou h<ilt nevenhelefs valued thy corrupt Self upon thy Proffj]ion of Cbrijlionity, and fearfully deluded rhy felf with the Hopes of Salvation. The firfi makes thy Difcafe dangerous, but the laft almoft incurable. Chap.!{. ~ §. 11. Yet becau!e there is Mercy wirh the God of Bowels, that he may be feared, and that he takes no Delight in the Eternal Death of poor Sin~ Exek ti 2o; ncrs, no, though Backjlidcn themfelves, but is willing all fhould come ro :z3, 24. ' the Knowledge and Obedience of the TRuTH, and be faved. He has fer Mat. t . :21. fonh His Son a Propiriarion, and given him a Saviour to take away the Sins Luke 1• 77• o~the whole World, t~Jt tho~e t~at believe ~nd _follow him, _may feel the ~~b,·i,:2~~· R1ghteoufnefs of God lfl the h.em1ffion of their Sms, and blotung out their to 28. . Tranfgreffions for ever. Now> behold the Remedy! An infallible Cure, one 1 John2> t, 2i M God's appointing; a Precious Elixir iodeed, that never fail'd; and that Univerfal Medicine which no Malady could. ever efcape. §. Ill. But thou wilt fay, What h Cbrij1, and where is lie to be fo11nd? .And bow received and applied itt order to rliis migbl) Cure ? I tell thee then : Firft, H~ is the Great Spiritual light of the World, that Enlightens every one thflt 'comes i11to. the WOrld ; by which he m::mifefts ro them their Deeds of Darknefs and Wickednefs, and reproves them for commiuing them. Sec"ondly, He is not far away from thee, as the Apoftle Paul faid of God to ~he Atbtnians: Btbo!J (fays Chrift himfelf) I /lfJnd ar the Door and ~nod; Afu 17, 27; if_any _hlan bear 11Z):' Voice, 11nd opeR tbt Door, 1 will come in to hiln, and SNp Rer. 3• 20. ~ztb b1m, and be umh me. What Door can thia be, but that of the HeaJt of Man? §.IV. |