The Soul's Preparation for Christ

Now that the sensibleness of his lost condition is there spoken of, and this man that hath it shall be saved, may appear, because the sensibleness of a mans condition in regard of the punishment of sin is such, as a man may have, and yet never have grace and salvation: Cain had the feeling of Gods wrath and felt the punishment of it, and so did Judas also, and yet they were never sought up nor saved.

Now that the sensiblenesse of his lost condition is there spoken of, and this man that hath it shall be saved, may appeare, because the sensiblenesse of a mans condition in regard of the punishment of sinne is such, as a man may have, and yet never have grace and salvation: Cain had the feeling of Gods wrath and felt the punishment of it, and so did Iudas also, and yet they were never sought up nor saved.

The second place of Scripture, is out of John, No man cometh to me except the father draweth him, ¹by coming you must conceive believing, (as in that famous place of John, ²He that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth in me, shall never thirst;) Now this text implies two things, and they are professedly granted by the intendment of the Apostle, for the people murmured why the Pharisees and the great ones believed not and followed not Christ, to whom Christ answers; Unless my father from heaven draw them they cannot come: so that these two things are clear, first, a man must be drawn, secondly, if he be drawn he shall surely come▪

The second place of Scripture, is out of Iohn, No man commeth to me except the father draweth him, ¹by comming you must conceive beleeving, (as in that famous place of Iohn,