The unbelievers preparing for Christ. By T.HThe vnbeleevers preparing for Christ. By T.H

if thou beest a natural man thou hast not received Christ, nay thou art not near the things of a better life, nay you are not only still to attain those things, but you are not able to receive the things of the Lord Jesus, whereby you may be quickened to entertain those things, and this is that which maketh the souls of natural men miserable, and the misery of those souls the more miserable; because they are not only unwilling to be out of this condition, but they are ⟨p. 114⟩unwilling to be made willing to be out of it; they boast that still they remain in it, for mark what natural men say, they bring a reproach upon Gods. Saints and children, what say they, you are a man of the Spirit, you are a spiritual professor▪ one of the holy brethren, are you miserable wretch, dost thou profess thy self that thou art not so, but that thou art a natural man? why then thou art a miserable man, a natural man, why then a damned man? a natural man why th•• an accursed man? thou that professest thou hast no part and portion in the Lord Jesus, take heed that one day he doth not profess that he hath no part in thee, Rom. 8.9. If any man hath […] the Spirit of Christ,¹ he is none of his; thou that dost make a matter of mocking at those that do walk uprightly before God, and that have the Spirit of God in them, thou that proclaimest to the world that thou hast not the Spirit of God, the Lord proclaims it as openly to thee, that the Lord Jesus will not own thee, he will have nothing to do with thee, and then what shall become of thee […] the devil must take thee at the last day, when all flesh shall appear before the judgement seat of God, and the book shall be opened and the actions of men made manifest to Saints and Angels▪ Oh one drop of mercy then, one dram of comfort then will be worth a world; Oh then you will wish, Oh that Christ would save us; no, no, you that were natural men, Christ will not own you now, you had none at all of the Spirit, you have opposed the good Spirit of God and flouted it, ⟨p. 115⟩these are your spiritual men, these are your holy ones, thus you have mocked and blasphemed, you have said the Spirit of Christ is not mine, and therefore Christ saith he is none of thine; thy estate therefore here is miserable, but thrice wretched and miserable will it be hereafter;