The souls vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.HThe soules vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H

Policy. 1 First, if he can, he will keep a man that he shall never see his sins; therefore he labours to do away all plagues and judgements from the apprehension of the soul; and therefore when the Minister comes home to the conscience, and saith, What, you have heaven? what, proud and profane, and oppose God and his ordinances, and you go to heaven? No, no such matter; mark what the Devil suggests, take thy pleasure, it is but half an hours work when you lie upon your death-bed, if you can but then cry to God for mercy, and for forgiveness, it is enough: this is the first Policy to keep a man from seeing his sins; and thus the soul is content to carry hell-gates on his back, and a thousand abominations, and is never troubled.

Policie. 1 First, if he can, hee will keepe a man that hee shall never see his sins; therefore hee labours to doe away all plagues and judgements from the apprehension of the soule; and therefore when the Minister comes home to the conscience, and saith, What, you have heaven? what, proud and profane, and oppose God and his ordinances, and you goe to heaven? No, no such matter; marke what the Devill suggests, take thy pleasure, it is but halfe an houres work when you lie upon your death-bed, if you can but then cry to God for mercy, and for forgivenes, it is enough: this is the first Policie to keepe a man from seeing his sins; and thus the soule is content to carry hel-gates on his backe, and a thousand abominations, and is never troubled.

Well, haply the Lord enlightens the soul of such a sinner, and sets his sins before him, and saith, here are thy sins, and for these thy sins thou shalt be sent packing to hell; now he cannot look off his sins, but the Word reveals them, and the Spirit settles them, thou mayest take thy pleasures, and live in thy sins, but the end will be bitter, for all these sins God will visit thee, God will execute judgement upon thee; then the soul trieth his heart, examines his paths, and begins to pore on his corruptions; when Satan sees this, he labours to draw him away, and sends drunken companions unto him, that they may take his mind off from his sins.