The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Use. 1 Is it thus then? to us, saith the text, to us; who are those? I pray, inquire of it; look into the 26. verse, You know your calling, that is, those that are called, those that believe in the Lord Jesus Christ; to us, those are the people mentioned, those are the persons intended; therefore in the first place it is a matter of lamentation and complaint, which we shall in a word intimate, to those to whom it belongs, if all this good be appointed for all the servants of God, and only the servants of God, for the called, and none but the called, then it is a thunderbolt, able to break the heart, and sink the soul of every unbelieving creature under heaven, and make him shake at the misery of his condition, and the evil that shall betide him: you that are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity, that have stood it out with Christ, and he could never prevail with you, but you would take up your own courses, and he hath come, and called, and knocked, will that proud heart never come? will that drunken wretch never be reformed? you that are such, whatever you be, I say, know this, and know it to your sorrow, and trouble, and vexation of spirit, you are shut out from sharing in, you are cut off from partaking of the riches of the grace, and the ⟨p. 82⟩plentiful redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ to this day, you that are unbelievers, I say, to this day you are in darkness, your minds were never enlightened, to this day the guilt and curse of sin lies upon your consciences, and the pollution of sin lies upon your souls and defiles them, to this day condemnation hangeth over your heads, John 3.18. He that believes not, is condemned already, and he shall never see light, but the wrath of God abideth on him; I beseech you observe it, this is that which one would think, should cut a mans conscience, and be a corrosive to his soul, whatsoever he doth, wheresoever he is, we think this should crush all his delight, he that believes not, shall never see light; he may see his gold and the profits of the world, and he may see his friends, and the comforts of this life, and then he hath his portion;

Vse. 1 Is it thus then? to us, saith the text, to us; who are those? I pray, inquire of it; looke into the 26. verse, You know your calling, that is, those that are called, those that beleeve in the Lord Jesus Christ; to us, those are the people mentioned, those are the persons intended; therefore in the first place it is a matter of lamentation and complaint, which wee shall in a word intimate, to those to whom it belongs, if all this good be appointed for all the servants of God, and only the servants of God, for the called, and none but the called, then it is a thunderbolt, able to breake the heart, and sinke the soule of every unbeleeving creature under heaven, and make him shake at the misery of his condition, and the evill that shall betide him: you that are in the gall of bitternesse, and in the bond of iniquitie, that have stood it out with Christ, and he could never prevaile with you, but you would take up your owne courses, and hee hath come, and called, and knocked, will that proud heart never come? will that drunken wretch never bee reformed? you that are such, whatever you be, I say, know this, and know it to your sorrow, and trouble, and vexation of spirit, you are shut out from sharing in, you are cut off from partaking of the riches of the grace, and the